Category Archives: National
Erik Menendez denied parole after 35 years in prison for parents' murder
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Erik Menendez, who along with his brother Lyle has served 35 years of a life prison term for fatally shooting their parents as they watched television in their Beverly Hills, Ca...
Aug 22, 2025 Erik Menendez attends his Board of Parole hearing online from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California, U.S., August 21, 2025. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/Handout via REUTERS
Netanyahu says Israel to resume Gaza negotiations to end war and free hostages
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel would immediately resume negotiations for the release of all hostages held in Gaza and an end to the nearly tw...
Aug 21, 2025 Palestinians take part in a protest demanding an end to the war in Gaza and rejecting mass displacement, in Gaza City, August 21, 2025. REUTERS/Ebrahim Hajjaj
Trump's huge civil fraud penalty thrown out by New York appeals court
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York state appeals court on Thursday threw out an approximately half-billion-dollar penalty that Donald Trump had been ordered to pay after a judge found the U.S. president f...
Aug 21, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the media after his return from Pennsylvania, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
US weekly jobless claims rise to highest since June
(Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits rose by the most in about three months last week in an initial signal that layoffs may be picking up and adding to signs...
Aug 21, 2025 A "we're hiring" sign is displayed on the door of a local business, after U.S. employment growth slowed more than expected in July, in Encinitas, California, U.S. August 1, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Putin is prepared to meet Zelenskiy if key issues are worked through first, Lavrov says
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin is prepared to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy but all issues need to be worked through first and there's a question about Zelenskiy's authority...
Aug 21, 2025 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at Zinaida Morozova's Mansion in Moscow, Russia August 21, 2025. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS
Hurricane Erin threatens North Carolina's Outer Banks with storm surge
(Reuters) -Hurricane Erin, churning north in the Atlantic hundreds of miles offshore, is expected to trigger a dangerous storm surge and tropical storm conditions on Wednesday along North Carolina's O...
Aug 20, 2025 A person stands by the beach during Hurricane Erin, the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, in Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, U.S., August 20, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Trump targets the Smithsonian again, says it focuses too much on how bad slavery was
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday he will pressure the Smithsonian Institution - a premier museum, education and research complex for U.S. history and culture - to...
Aug 20, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 1, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File photo
UPDATE: Texas Republicans approve Trump-backed congressional map to protect party's majority
UPDATED 5:33 P.M. (Reuters) -Texas legislators on Wednesday passed a new state congressional map drawn at the behest of President Donald Trump to flip five Democratic-held U.S. House seats in next yea...
Aug 20, 2025 Lawmakers speak during a legislative session as Democratic lawmakers, who left the state to deny Republicans the opportunity to redraw the state's 38 congressional districts, begin returning to the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, U.S. August 20, 2025. REUTERS/Sergio Flores
Israel weighs Hamas offer of 60-day Gaza truce and hostage release
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel is studying Hamas' response to a proposal for a 60-day ceasefire and release of half the hostages still held in Gaza, two Israeli officials said on Tuesday, although ...
Aug 19, 2025 The sun sets over Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the border between Gaza and Israel, August 19, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
US housing starts tick higher in July, led by apartment construction
(Reuters) -Groundbreaking for new U.S. single-family homes and permits for future construction ticked higher in July even as high mortgage rates and economic uncertainty continued to hamper home purch...
Aug 19, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Workers construct a single family home at a Lennar housing development in San Diego, California, U.S., March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
