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Trump should face insurrection, obstruction charges, U.S. Capitol riot panel says
UPDATED 2:59 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Monday asked federal prosecutors to charge Donald Trum...
Dec 19, 2022 Members of the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol sit beneath an image showing former President Donald Trump speaking on the telephone with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, as Capitol Hill police officer Harry Dunn, former Metropolitan Police Department officer Michael Fanone, MPD officer Daniel Hodges and U.S. Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell attend the final meeting of the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Three dozen injured when flight to Hawaii hits severe turbulence, reports say
(Reuters) - Some three dozen people were injured, 11 of them seriously, on Sunday when a Hawaiian Airlines flight to Honolulu was hit by severe turbulence, local media reported. Emergency responders t...
Dec 19, 2022 United Airlines flight UA328, carrying 231 passengers and 10 crew on board, returns to Denver International Airport with its starboard engine on fire after it called a Mayday alert, over Denver, Colorado, U.S. February 20, 2021. Hayden Smith/@speedbird5280/Handout via REUTERS
Peru protests strand sick, hungry tourists in remote town
(Reuters) - Protests triggered by Peru's developing political crisis have stranded dozens of tourists, including children, in a remote mountain town for over 72 hours as locals refuse passage to Boliv...
Dec 17, 2022 Tourists stand next to a bus as they became stranded over ongoing protests against the arrest of former President Pedro Castillo, in Checacupe, Cusco region, Peru December 13, 2022 in this still picture obtained from a social media video. Wilmaris Villarroel/via REUTERS
Father of accused Illinois gunman faces charges in July 4 parade mass shooting
(Reuters) - An Illinois prosecutor has filed felony charges against the father of the man accused of opening fire on a crowd watching a July Fourth parade in Chicago's Highland Park suburb five months...
Dec 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Robert E. Crimo III's mother Denise Pesina and father Robert Crimo Jr. attend a hearing for their son in Lake County court, in Waukegan, Illinois, U.S., August 3, 2022. Nam Y. Huh/Pool via REUTERS
Pelosi undecided if U.S. House will take up TikTok government device ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she had yet to decide whether the U.S. House of Representatives will join the Senate in backing legislation to bar federal government employ...
Dec 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Tik Tok logo is seen in front of U.S. flag in this illustration taken October 6, 2020. Picture taken October 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Biden announces U.S. support for African Union joining G20
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced he would support the African Union joining the G20 group of large economies as a permanent member, part of Washington's efforts to ...
Dec 15, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden participates in the U.S.-Africa Summit Leaders Session on partnering on the African Union’s Agenda 2063, in Washington, U.S., December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Fed's Powell says inflation battle not won, more rate hikes coming
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed lower in volatile trading on Wednesday following a policy announcement by the Federal Reserve that raised interest rates by an expected 50 basis points, but its...
Dec 14, 2022 Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell holds a news conference following the announcement that the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by half a percentage point, at the Federal Reserve Building in Washington, U.S., December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
U.S. finding grid equipment for Ukraine at home and abroad - officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Washington sends Ukraine U.S.-sourced power equipment to help the country's grid recover from Russian attacks, it is also scouring for those supplies worldwide, U.S. official...
Dec 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Electric power lines damaged by Russian military strikes in Kherson region, Ukraine November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko/
Eyeing China, Biden says U.S. is 'all in' on Africa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a wary eye on China, President Joe Biden announced an agreement aimed at bolstering trade ties between the United States and Africa on Wednesday after years in which the co...
Dec 14, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers keynote remarks at a U.S.-Africa Business forum at the 2022 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, U.S., December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Some 1,500 migrants crossed Rio Grande into El Paso on Sunday - witness
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - About 1,500 people crossed the Rio Grande overnight from Mexico into El Paso, Texas, a Reuters witness said on Monday, amid an increase in migrant arrivals in the are...
Dec 13, 2022 Migrants, among them Nicaraguans who were kidnapped by organised crime in the state of Durango and were released days later by the Mexican Army, queue near the border wall after crossing the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents to request asylum in the U.S. city of El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico December 12, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
