Category Archives: National
World Series-winning manager Davey Johnson dies at 82
Reuters/Field Level Media - Davey Johnson, who managed the New York Mets to the World Series title in 1986, has died at 82. He passed away Friday, according to a post on X from Jay Horwitz, the former...
Sep 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson stands in their dug-out during their MLB interleague baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, Michigan July 31, 2013. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Trump orders return to the US 'War Department'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to rename the Department of Defense as the "Department of War," reverting to a title it held until after World Wa...
Sep 06, 2025 A worker places a plaque that reads "Pete Hegseth - Secretary of War" after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename the Department of Defense the "Department of War," reverting to a title it held until after World War Two when officials sought to emphasize the Pentagon's role in preventing conflict, in this video screengrab, in Washington, D.C., September 5, 2025. Reuters TV/Pool
South Korea vows support to Koreans arrested in US immigration raid
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ordered all-out efforts on Saturday to respond to the arrests of hundreds of the nation's citizens in a U.S. immigration raid on a Hyundai Motor c...
Sep 06, 2025 The logo of Hyundai Motor is seen at its dealership in Seoul, South Korea, April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Legendary Habs G Ken Dryden, 6-time Cup winner, dies at 78
(Reuters/Field Level Media) - Hall of Fame goaltender Ken Dryden, a six-time All-Star, six-time Stanley Cup winner and an integral part of Montreal's dynasty of the 1970s, died Friday after a battle w...
Sep 06, 2025 Former Montreal Canadiens teammate Ken Dryden speaks at the funeral for former Montreal Canadiens captain Jean Beliveau at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral in Montreal, December 10, 2014. REUTERS/Paul Chiasson/Pool (CANADA)
Hamas releases hostage video, Israel bombs Gaza high-rise
TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Hamas released a video on Friday of two Israeli hostages seized from a music festival in Israel in October 2023, and one said he was being held in Gaza City, where the Israeli mili...
Sep 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Idit Ohel, mother of Alon Ohel, 22, who was taken hostage by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas during the deadly October 7 attack, and her family gather with other families of hostages to light candles to mark the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, in Karmiel, in northern Israel December 7, 2023. REUTERS/Shir Torem/File Photo
US job growth slows sharply in August, unemployment rate ticks higher
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The pace of U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in August, and the unemployment rate increased, pointing to signs of slowing labor market conditions and boosting expectations...
Sep 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File photo
Trump to rename Department of Defense the 'Department of War,' official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Friday to rename the Department of Defense the "Department of War," a White House official said on Thursday, a mov...
Sep 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The Pentagon is seen from the air in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 3, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
US senators pit Kennedy against Trump on vaccine policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats and Republicans pushed U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's Jr. on his recent vaccine policies and their stark contrast to President Donald Trump's successful firs...
Sep 04, 2025 U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., looks at photographers on the day he testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's 2026 health care agenda, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
US Justice Department opens criminal mortgage fraud probe into Fed Governor Cook
(Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal mortgage fraud probe into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and has issued grand jury subpoenas out of both Georgia and Michigan, accord...
Sep 04, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Lisa Cook testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on her nomination to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (for a second term), on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani dies at 91
MILAN (Reuters) -Designer Giorgio Armani, who helped to put Italy at the forefront of global fashion and dressed Hollywood stars, has died at the age of 91, the company that he founded and led for fiv...
Sep 04, 2025 Giorgio Armani poses with models before presenting his Spring Summer 2025 collection in New York City, U.S., October 17, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
