Category Archives: National
Jury questioning underway in Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jury questioning got underway on Monday in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial, which offers the hip-hop mogul the chance to challenge allegations against him but could see h...
May 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Sean "Diddy" Combs sits with members of his defense team Teny Geragos and Alexandra Shapiro for a conference ahead of his trial next month on sex trafficking charges, in New York, U.S., April 18, 2025, in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
Trump orders the reopening of Alcatraz prison
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison in the San Francisco Bay to "house...
May 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Alcatraz Island is seen in San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California, U.S., October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo
Who will be the next pope? Even the cardinals don't know
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Catholic cardinals entering a conclave on Wednesday to pick a new pope do not yet have a clear idea of who will emerge as Pope Francis' successor, several said, and speeches b...
May 05, 2025 A cardinal speaks to the media as he arrives for a general congregation meeting ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope, as seen from Rome, Italy, May 5, 2025. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Trump orders 100% tariff on foreign-made movies to save 'dying' Hollywood
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the country, saying the American movie industry was dying a "very fast death" due to the ...
May 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump exits Air Force One upon arriving at Joint Base Andrews, while on his way back to the White House after a weekend in West Palm Beach, Florida, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Buffett to step down as Berkshire CEO after 60 years at helm
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Warren Buffett is ending his career as perhaps the world's most famous and revered investor, saying he will step down as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of...
May 03, 2025 REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Sovereignty wins 151st Kentucky Derby
(Reuters) - Sovereignty won the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky, in a thrilling fight to the finish line on Saturday to capture the first leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing's ...
May 03, 2025 May 3, 2025; Louisville, KY, USA; Junior Alvarado aboard Sovereignty wins the 151st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 3, 2025. Mandatory Credit: Michael Clevenger/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Jaguar Land Rover restarts car exports to the US, London's Times reports
(Reuters) - Jaguar Land Rover has restarted shipments of vehicles to the United States after pausing them in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, London's Times newspaper reported on Sat...
May 03, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Logos of Jaguar and Land-Rover are seen outside a car dealer in Brussels, Belgium May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
Illinois man, who killed Palestinian child, sentenced to 53 years for hate crime
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Illinois man was sentenced on Friday to 53 years in prison after a jury convicted him in the killing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and the severe wounding of his m...
May 02, 2025 courtroom gavel
Trump signs order that aims to cut funding to NPR, PBS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump signed an executive order that aims to cut funding to news outlets NPR and PBS, the White House said, marking the U.S. president's latest attempt to use federal fund...
May 02, 2025 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) logo and U.S. flag are seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
US job growth slows marginally in April; unemployment rate steady at 4.2%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. job growth slowed marginally in April, but the outlook for the labor market is increasingly darkening as President Donald Trump's aggressive tariff policy heightens economic...
May 02, 2025 An employment sign is shown on a retail store in Carlsbad, California, U.S., May 25, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
