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BEIJING, July 7 (Reuters) - Two tornadoes wrought devastation in central China's Hubei province, state media said on Tuesday, killing at least eight people as winds of up to 149 kph (92.58 mph) overturned cars and ripped roofs from buildings, ​leaving ...

By Steve Gorman July 6 (Reuters) - George E. Johnson, the pioneering Chicago entrepreneur whose eponymous company transformed Black hair care in the U.S. with brands including Afro Sheen, Ultra Wave and Classy Curl, died on Monday at age 99, according ...

By Leela de Kretser and Sam Tobin SEATTLE, July 6 (Reuters) - A city known for angry protests, grunge and wearing head-to-toe black was transformed into a harmonious sea of red, white and blue on Monday. Not even the intervention of President Donald J....

By Jonathan Stempel July 6 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit accusing the newly married pop megastar Taylor Swift of plagiarizing phrases ​from a Florida woman's poems for more ‌than a dozen songs. U.S. District Judge Aileen Can...

WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - Maine's Democratic Party on Monday ​called for ‌the Graham Platner, its nominee for a U.S. Senate ‌seat ​in the ⁠state, to ⁠withdraw his candidacy after a woman accused him of ​sexual assault. "Over the past several ⁠week...

July 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday it ​is making available more ‌than $281 million in grant funding opportunities across 15 programs aimed at addressing addiction, overdose and mental illness. The funding...

WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - A group of 22 Democratic ​state attorneys general ‌on Monday opposed the Trump Administration's proposed tariffs on 59 ‌countries ​and ⁠the European Union ⁠of up to 12.5% over allegations they failed to ​prohibit import g...

By Tom Polansek July 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday that Walmart would lower prices on many products, including ground beef, after a request from his administration. The retailer said customers would save ​on items including meat, ...

By Richard Cowan and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - Democratic Party leaders on Monday called on Graham Platner to withdraw as their nominee to run against Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins of Maine, after media reports that a woman acc...

CARACAS, July 6 (Reuters) - The death toll from Venezuela's twin earthquakes has risen to 3,535, authorities said on Monday, while nearly 18,000 people remain homeless more than a week after the disaster struck the capital and nearby coastal areas. Top...

By Amy Tennery and Kristina Cooke NEW YORK, July 6 (Reuters) - Folarin Balogun plays the biggest game of his life on Monday caught in a complex intersection of soccer, identity and U.S. politics, with an intervention from President Donald Trump helping...

By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to block a Texas law requiring app stores and developers to verify the age of mobile device users, and for minors to obtain parental consent, to download apps or m...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - U.S. agencies have seized over 600 drones near FIFA World Cup venues and fan zones since the start of the ​tournament on June 11, the Transportation Security Administration ‌said on Monday. On match da...

July 6 (Reuters) - More than 485,000 homes and businesses were without power as of late Sunday due to extreme weather conditions across several areas of ​the United States, according to data from PowerOutage.us. Michigan ‌was the hardest hit, with abou...

By Bo Erickson and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday that Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary that builds ​Marine One helicopters, will fund a new ‌White House landing pad intended for the next-gene...

By Helen Reid PARIS, July 6 (Reuters) - Riding high after securing the bridal commission of the year - designing pop megastar Taylor Swift's wedding dress - Dior creative director Jonathan Anderson sent shimmering, sheer gowns ​and pleated, sculptural ...

By Bo Erickson and Pritam Biswas WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday the government had deposited the first $1,000 into more than 500,000 "Trump Accounts," a program designed to give newborn Americans ​a stake in the st...

By Ayose Naranjo and Mario Fuentes HAVANA, July 6 (Reuters) - For Cuban zookeeper Ángel Cordero, the sight of four Bengal tiger cubs playing in a cage at the Cuban National Zoo is a small ​miracle on an island stifled by shortages of fuel, medicine ‌a...

By Bo Erickson and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday he asked FIFA President Gianni Infantino to review a red card issued to U.S. striker ​Folarin Balogun, defending the intervention as a bid to ‌correct...

By Joseph Ax July 6 (Reuters) - Two Tennessee National Guard soldiers assigned to a Donald Trump-backed anti-crime task force fatally shot an armed man ​being pursued by Memphis police, focusing attention ‌on a high-profile federal crime-fighting initi...