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Domestic abuse law expanded to protect gays, immigrants

May 23, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act, the landmark 1994 law designed to curb domestic abuse, which is now expanded to cover gays,...

“Snowquester” was “Noquester” in Washington

August 24, 2021 at 12:32 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - "Snowquester" was a no-show in the U.S. capital, which on Wednesday confirmed its status as the center of winter weather wimpdom. Unlike the Washington snows of yesteryear...

Local warming: U.S. cities in front line as sea levels rise

August 24, 2021 at 12:04 a.m.

NORFOLK, Virginia (Reuters) - The signs of rising water are everywhere in this seaport city: yellow "Streets May Flood" notices are common at highway underpasses, in low-lying neighborhoods and along...

Hotter, wetter climate slashes labor capacity by 10 percent: U.S. study

August 23, 2021 at 11:52 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Earth's increasingly hot, wet climate has cut the amount of work people can do in the worst heat by about 10 percent in the past six decades,...

Big cities’ heat can change temperatures a continent away: study

August 23, 2021 at 10:06 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The energy big cities burn - mostly coal and oil to power buildings, cars and other devices - produces excess heat that can get into atmospheric currents...

2012 was among 10 warmest years in global record: NASA/NOAA

August 23, 2021 at 9:19 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last year was among the top 10 warmest in the modern global record, two U.S. climate-watching agencies reported on Tuesday, less than a week after 2012 was...

Impact of climate change hitting home, U.S. report finds

August 23, 2021 at 9:04 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The consequences of climate change are now hitting the United States on several fronts, including health, infrastructure, water supply, agriculture and especially more frequent severe weather, a...

Cloudy with a chance of flu? Study offers influenza forecast

May 13, 2019 at 9:46 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New research suggests it may be possible to forecast flu outbreaks in much the same way meteorologists predict weather, a potential boon for public health officials and...

Petraeus may be called in U.S. inquiry on Benghazi: Feinstein

August 23, 2021 at 5:20 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite an adultery scandal that ended David Petraeus' tenure as CIA chief, the general may be called to testify in a Senate inquiry into the killing of...

Petraeus may be called in U.S. inquiry on Benghazi: Feinstein

August 22, 2019 at 6:48 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite an adultery scandal that ended David Petraeus' tenure as CIA chief, the general may be called to testify in a Senate inquiry into the killing of...

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