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By Nandita Bose and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House made an emotional plea on Wednesday for Republican action to curb mass shootings, criticizing conservative lawmakers for saying n...

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A Black former elevator operator at Tesla Inc's flagship California assembly plant began testifying on Wednesday in a trial over how much the electric vehicle maker must...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend "a few days" in hospital for treatment, the Vatican said in a statement on Wednesday. The Vatican said the 86-y...

DUBAI (Reuters) -United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has appointed his son Sheikh Khaled as crown prince of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the Gulf Arab state that is an OPEC...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil exceeded expectations in its formal job creation for February, with the labor ministry on Wednesday reporting a net result of 241,785 positions. That surpassed the expecte...

By Kristina Cooke and Mica Rosenberg (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bipartisan bill that would raise penalties on employers who violate child labor laws, in the wake of reporting...

CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Longtime Commonwealth Edison contract lobbyist Jay Doherty thought he was merely reminiscing and giving advice to a colleague and friend in a February 2019 meet...

By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) - Wall Street's top regulator on Wednesday asked lawmakers to approve a 12% boost to his agency's budget, citing burgeoning growth in financial markets and the rising ris...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday condemned the decision by Myanmar's ruling junta to abolish 40 political parties, including the former ruling party National League for Democracy....

PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Fire officials are investigating yet another arson — this time to a home in South Peoria. Peoria firefighters went to a vacant home near Livingston and Grinnell aroun...