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U.S. FDA advisers overwhelmingly back Moderna COVID vaccine for ages 6-17
(Reuters) -Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday unanimously recommended that the agency authorize Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for children and teens aged 6 to 17 years of ag...
Julia Bradley Jun 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist holds a vial of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in West Haven, Connecticut, U.S., February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar
U.S. Congress votes to expand Supreme Court security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives gave final congressional approval on Tuesday to a bill to bolster Supreme Court security in light of threats made against justices ahead of thei...
Julia Bradley Jun 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
U.S. Senate Republican leader backs gun violence bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he was "comfortable" with the framework of a bipartisan gun violence bill unveiled earlier this week and would vote ...
Julia Bradley Jun 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds a placard while taking part in the 'March for Our Lives', one of a series of nationwide protests against gun violence, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Two police officers and a suspect dead after California shooting
(Reuters) - A shooting in the southern California city of El Monte left two police officers and a suspect dead, authorities said late on Tuesday, adding that the officers were shot in the line of duty...
Julia Bradley Jun 15, 2022 Scott Davidson / CC
Former VP Mike Pence to speak at Lincoln Day Dinner
PEORIA, Ill. -- Former Vice President Mike Pence will be in Peoria next week. Pence will be the keynote speaker for the annual Lincoln Day Dinner, put on by Tazewell and Peoria County Republicans. "Th...
Julia Bradley Jun 14, 2022 Anthony Quintano / CC
U.S. congressional panel probing Jan. 6 Capitol attack postpones hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on U.S. Capitol said on Tuesday it has postponed a hearing scheduled for Wednesday but will ...
Julia Bradley Jun 14, 2022 Former Fox News politics editor Chris Stirewalt is sworn in as Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., watch from the dais as the House select committee tasked with investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol hold a hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S. June 13, 2022. Jabin Botsford/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. producer prices increase strongly in May
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices increased solidly in May amid a surge in the cost of energy products, suggesting inflation could remain elevated for a while. The producer price index for f...
Julia Bradley Jun 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A customer shops at a deli in Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
Illinois increases investment in Early Childhood programs
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker is touting new investments in Early Childhood programs. The governor said on Monday that the changes will help provide affordable childcare to working famil...
Julia Bradley Jun 14, 2022 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / CC
Takeaways from second day of Trump Jan. 6 hearings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top advisers to then-President Donald Trump told him that his claims of widespread election fraud were unfounded and would not reverse his election loss, but he refused to liste...
Julia Bradley Jun 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Chairman U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Vice Chair U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY), U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), U.S. Representative Elaine Luria (D-VA), U.S. Representative Pete Aguilar (D-CA) and U.S. Representative Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) participate in the public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Yellowstone closed for first time in 34 years amid flooding, mudslides
CODY, Wyo. (Reuters) -Record flooding and rockslides unleashed by an unprecedented burst of heavy rains prompted the rare closure on Monday of all five entrances to Yellowstone National Park at the st...
Julia Bradley Jun 14, 2022 High water levels in the Gardner River erode Yellowstone National Park's North Entrance Road, where the park was closed due to heavy flooding, rockslides, extremely hazardous conditions near Gardiner, Montana, U.S. June 13, 2022. National Park Service/Handout via REUTERS
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