Biden Blasts US Supreme Court’s Draft Opinion on Abortion
contact@hellonews.website High court may overturn Roe v. Wade, landmark ruling that legalized abortion in US, and leave decision to state legislators
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Fiji Says US Can Seize Russian Superyacht but Not Right Away
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A judge in Fiji has ruled that U.S. authorities can seize a Russian-owned superyacht — but has put a hold on his order until at least…
Explainer: The Leak of Supreme Court's Draft Roe v. Wade Reversal
Late Monday, the American news website Politico dropped a bombshell: A draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion it had obtained revealed that the court was set to overturn Roe…
44% of China's Imprisoned Journalists Are Uyghurs
A group of U.S. House lawmakers introduced a resolution on Tuesday, World Press Freedom Day, which named countries including China, Russia and Belarus as nations that committed “repressive and brutal…
Families of Crash Victims Challenge Boeing Settlement in US Court
Fort Worth, Texas — The families of victims of the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes in October 2018 and March 2019 asked a Texas judge on Tuesday to overturn a…
DC Reaches $750,000 Settlement in Trump Inauguration Lawsuit
Washington — Former President Donald Trump’s businesses and inaugural committee have reached a deal to pay Washington, D.C., $750,000 to resolve a lawsuit that alleged the committee overpaid for events…
CDC Restates Recommendation for Masks on Planes, Trains
New York — U.S. health officials on Tuesday restated their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a…
Leaked Supreme Court Ruling Signals Possible Cascade of Abortion Restrictions
If the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court overturns federal abortion protections, as a draft decision leaked on Monday night suggests, access to abortion in at least half of…
Biden Salutes US Workers Making Anti-Tank Missiles Being Sent to Ukraine
Washington — U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday praised workers making anti-tank missiles that are being shipped to Ukrainian fighters, saying the workers were “making it possible for the Ukrainian…
Condors Soar Again Over Northern California Coastal Redwoods
REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA — The endangered California condor have returned to soar the skies over the state’s far northern coast redwood forests on Tuesday for the first time in…
Biden: Right to Privacy Under Threat Following Supreme Court’s Draft Opinion on Abortion
washington — U.S. President Joe Biden is blasting a draft opinion indicating the Supreme Court is in favor of striking down the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized…
Even as COVID-19 Cases Rise, Mask Mandates Stay Shelved
NEW YORK — An increase in COVID-19 infections around the U.S. has sent more cities into new high-risk categories that are supposed to trigger indoor mask wearing, but much of…
US Begins Issuing First Visas in Cuba in More Than 4 Years
Havana, CUBA — The US embassy in Cuba began issuing visas on Tuesday for the first time since alleged sonic attacks against diplomatic staff more than four years ago. Washington…
US Says WNBA Star Wrongfully Held in Russia
The Biden administration on Tuesday said an American professional basketball player being held in Russia on charges she had illegal marijuana vaping cartridges in her luggage is being wrongfully detained.…
Program Aims to Help Ukrainian Refugees Come to US
Washington’s Uniting for Ukraine program aims to streamline how Ukrainian refugees come to the United States. From the U.S.-Mexico border, Genia Dulot reports for VOA on what the plan means…