Biden Pledges Help to US Farmers to Offset Ukraine Crop Crisis
contact@hellonews.website Calling US farms the ‘breadbasket of democracy,’ president vows to do more to offset food supply issues amid Russian invasion
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Justices to Meet for 1st Time Since Leak of Draft Roe Ruling
washington — The Supreme Court’s nine justices will gather in private Thursday for their first scheduled meeting since the leak of a draft opinion that would overrule Roe v. Wade…
US Casinos Had Best Month Ever in March, Winning $5.3 Billion
atlantic city — Though inflation may be soaring, supply chains remain snarled, and the coronavirus won’t go away, America’s casinos are humming right along, recording the best month in their…
Biden Congratulates Marcos on Philippines Election Win
U.S. President Joe Biden has congratulated Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for winning the presidential election in the Philippines. The White House said Wednesday U.S. President Joe Biden called to congratulate Ferdinando…
Lawyers: Nearly $1 Billion Tentative Settlement in Condo Collapse
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA — A nearly $1 billion tentative settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by families of victims and survivors of last June’s condominium collapse in…
Passenger With 'No Idea How to Fly' Takes Over for Ailing Pilot
WEST PALM BEACH, florida — A passenger with no flying experience radioed an urgent plea for help when the pilot of a small plane suddenly fell ill off Florida’s Atlantic…
Women Settle Lawsuit Against Liberty University, Documents Say
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA — A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit twelve women brought last summer against Liberty University, accusing the Christian institution of fostering an unsafe environment on its…
Trump Sells Washington Hotel to Miami-Based Investor Group
NEW YORK — The lease to the Washington, D.C., hotel run by Donald Trump’s family company while he was president, a symbol of his power to Republican politicians who gathered…
Biden Pledges Help to US Farmers Offset Ukraine Crop Crisis
washington — President Joe Biden on Wednesday hailed American farmers as the “backbone of freedom,” pledging hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of support and calling on them to offset…
US Lawmakers Fail to Pass Measure to Protect Abortion Rights
Democratic party lawmakers in the U.S. failed Wednesday to pass a measure essentially codifying the right to an abortion. The vote comes after revelations the Supreme Court is poised to…
US 'Increasingly Troubled' by Clampdown in Hong Kong
State Department — The United States has joined the Vatican in expressing concern after Hong Kong police arrested a prominent Catholic cardinal and other pro-democracy activists on national security charges.…
US Identifies Native American Boarding Schools, Burial Sites
Flagstaff, Arizona — A first-of-its-kind federal study of Native American boarding schools that for over a century sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society has identified more than 400…
US Records More Than 107,000 Drug Overdose Deaths for 2021
The U.S. set another record for drug overdose deaths last year with more than 107,000 fatalities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Wednesday. The provisional 2021 total represents…
US Senate Democrats Forcing a Likely Futile Pro-Abortion Rights Vote
Washington — Democrats in the U.S. Senate are forcing a likely futile vote Wednesday to codify women’s rights to abortion across the country ahead of a prospective Supreme Court ruling…
US Consumer Prices Slow in April; Inflation Still High
U.S. consumer price growth slowed sharply in April as gasoline prices eased off record highs, suggesting that inflation has probably peaked, though it is likely to stay hot for a…