International News (Page 231)

WASHINGTON — A group of Democratic senators said Wednesday they had secured funding that would prevent more than 80 Senate cafeteria workers from losing their jobs in the next 10 days.Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and fellow Democrats told a crowd of workers at a rally that the Architect of…Continue Reading

Louis C.K. wasn’t the first person accused of being a sexual predator to be honored by his peers when he won a Grammy Award on Sunday night for best comedy album. He wasn’t even the only one this year. Singer Marilyn Manson — named by Evan Rachel Wood in February 2021 as the person behind the…Continue Reading

WASHINGTON — A fox that bit a congressman and at least eight other people near the U.S. Capitol was euthanized and found to have rabies, city health officials said Wednesday.“The DC Public Health lab has confirmed the fox that was captured yesterday tested positive for the rabies virus. DC Health is contacting all human victims…Continue Reading

The Florida amusement park ride where a teenager fell to his death last month is an “immediate serious danger to public health,” state officials said in an order closing the ride.The order from the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which was released to the public Monday, formally closed the Free Fall ride on…Continue Reading

Recognizing that giving Covid-19 booster shots every few months is not a feasible public health strategy, the Food and Drug Administration convened its panel of outside advisers Wednesday to plot out a framework for how to approach future doses of the vaccines. The FDA sought guidance from the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee…Continue Reading

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has a clear label for Russia’s crimes against Ukrainian civilians. “This is genocide,” Zelenskyy declared Sunday on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” as reports emerged of murdered civilians and mass graves in Bucha, a town outside the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Images showed corpses lying in the streets with their arms and…Continue Reading

The NFL could face an investigation into allegations that female employees were harassed and discriminated against after attorneys general in six states sent a letter to the league’s commissioner Wednesday saying they had “grave concerns” about the claims. Spearheaded by New York Attorney General Letitia James, the coalition, which includes her counterparts in Illinois, Minnesota, Massachusetts,…Continue Reading

Growing up in New Jersey, chef Cesar Zapata remembers his Colombian parents’ struggle to put food on the table even though both of them held down two jobs. His mother eventually enrolled him in SNAP, or food stamps, a federal assistance program that provides supplemental aid to help qualifying low-income families buy food.Now an established…Continue Reading

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSYDNEY, April 7 (Reuters) – Torrential rain pummelled Australia’s east coast on Thursday with Sydney receiving nearly a month’s rain overnight, submerging the city’s roads in flash floods and triggering evacuations as authorities warn of more rain through the day.A man swept away by floodwaters in the city’s…Continue Reading