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U.S. existing home sales extend decline; house prices race to record high

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. home sales fell for a third straight month in April as an acute (More…)

U.S. proposes big increase in forest management to tackle wildfires

By Nichola Groom

(Reuters) – The United States must double or quadruple the rate at which it thins and removes (More…)

U.S. government forecasts above-normal 2021 Atlantic hurricane season

By Erwin Seba

HOUSTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government on Thursday forecast an above-normal 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, which is already (More…)

Putin threatens to ‘knock out the teeth’ of foreign aggressors

MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow would “knock out the teeth” of any power that (More…)

U.S. land border restrictions extended with Canada, Mexico

By David Shepardson and Steve Scherer

WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) -United States land borders with Canada and Mexico will remain closed to (More…)

Iowa joins U.S. states forbidding COVID-19 mask mandates in schools

(Reuters) – Iowa joined a handful of other U.S. states on Thursday in passing a law that forbids cities, counties (More…)

Fauci expects COVID-19 vaccines for kids in late-2021, sees need for booster shot

By Trisha Roy and Amruta Khandekar

(Reuters) -Kids in the United States will likely be able to get COVID-19 vaccinations (More…)

Biden’s U.S. Supreme Court commission meets to explore broad reforms

By Andrew Chung

(Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s commission to study potential changes to the U.S. Supreme Court held its (More…)

U.S. to bring in more migrants forced to wait in Mexico under Trump program

By Ted Hesson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is working to reopen some cases of non-Mexican asylum seekers who (More…)

U.S. Senate’s McConnell opposes Capitol attack panel; House set to vote

By Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Just hours before the U.S. House of Representatives was expected to vote to approve the (More…)