By Jonathan Allen ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) – Three former Minneapolis officers broke the law by failing to stop Derek Chauvin killing George Floyd during an arrest and were indifferent to the handcuffed Black man’s dying pleas, a prosecutor told a jur…
Do not assume COVID pandemic reaching ‘end game’, warns WHO
By Emma Farge and Mrinalika Roy GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that it was dangerous to assume the Omicron variant would herald the end of COVID-19’s acutest phase, exhorting nations to stay focused …
WikiLeaks’ Assange gets chance to take extradition case to UK’s top court
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday was given the chance to challenge at Britain’s highest court a decision allowing him to be extradited to the United States to face 18 criminal charges including breaking a s…
Wall Street reverses, ends higher in late session rally
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street bounced back from a steep sell-off late in the session to close higher on Monday, with bargain hunters pushing the indexes into positive territory by closing bell. The S&P 500 earlier came close to confi…
Google faces lawsuits over location-tracking practices from U.S. states
By David Shepardson and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Texas, Indiana and the District of Columbia sued Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday over what they called deceptive location-tracking practices that invade users’ privacy. “Google falsely led cons…
Pope confers lay ministries on women, formalising recognition of roles
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday for the first time conferred the lay Roman Catholic ministries of lector and catechist on women, roles that previously many had carried out without institutional recognition. He conferr…
Second journalist shot dead in a week in Mexico’s Tijuana
(Fixes spelling of Maldonado’s name in 2nd paragraph) By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican journalist was shot dead in the northern border city of Tijuana on Sunday, the state government said, becoming the second killed in the area within …
U.S. Supreme Court agrees to consider limiting wetlands regulation
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider limiting the scope of a landmark federal environmental law as it took up for the second time an Idaho couple’s bid to build on property the federal government …
U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to race-conscious college admissions
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a bid to bar Harvard University and the University of North Carolina from considering race in undergraduate admissions in a case that imperils affirmative action policies widel…
Fraud trial begins for Michael Avenatti, U.S. lawyer who battled Trump
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – The trial began on Monday of lawyer Michael Avenatti, a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, on charges he defrauded his former client, adult film star Stormy Daniels, whom he represented in cases against Tr…