Category Archives: National

Three charged in arson attacks at Tesla dealerships, charging stations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi said on Thursday three people have been charged in connection with arson incidents at Tesla car dealerships and charging stations.The Justice D...
TJ Carson Mar 20, 2025 FILE PHOTO: People protest against Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk outside a Tesla store in New York City, U.S., March 15, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo

US weekly jobless claims rise marginally as labor market remains stable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased slightly last week, suggesting the labor market remained stable in March, though the outlook ...
Julia Bradley Mar 20, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A job seeker leaves the job fair for airport related employment at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

Five UNRWA staff killed in Gaza, fears worst is yet to come
GENEVA (Reuters) -Five staff members of the United Nations Palestinian relief agency, UNRWA, have been killed in the past few days, the agency's Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said on Thursda...
Julia Bradley Mar 20, 2025 Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 20, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled

Trump, Zelenskiy pledge in phone call to work for end to war in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy agreed on Wednesday to work together to end Russia's war with Ukraine, in what the White House described a...
TJ Carson Mar 19, 2025 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) wrapped with national flags pose for a photo as they return after a swap, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, March 19, 2025. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

Fed keeps policy rate outlook intact amid projected growth slowdown, temporary inflation jump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, as expected, but U.S. central bank policymakers indicated they still anticipate reducing borrowing costs by half a pe...
TJ Carson Mar 19, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

Israel says it has launched new ground operation in Gaza
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Wednesday its forces have resumed ground operations in the central and southern Gaza Strip, as a second day of airstrikes killed at least 38 Pa...
TJ Carson Mar 19, 2025 Israeli soldiers work on their tank near the Israel-Gaza border, March 19, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Trump releases JFK assassination documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump released material related to the 1963 assassination of former President John F. Kennedy on Tuesday, seeking to honor his campaign promise to provide m...
Julia Bradley Mar 19, 2025 A statue of President John F. Kennedy stands outside the State House, as President Donald Trump plans to release about 80,000 pages of material related to the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Russia and Ukraine report air attacks after Putin-Trump call
(Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Wednesday of violating a new agreement to refrain from attacks on energy targets, with scores of drone strikes launched hours after U.S. President ...
Julia Bradley Mar 19, 2025 View shows damaged private houses at a site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Hostomel, Kyiv region, Ukraine March 19, 2025. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

NASA astronauts 'Butch and Suni' return to Earth after drawn-out mission in space
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after their faulty Boeing...
TJ Carson Mar 18, 2025 Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, two veteran NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months, wave at the hatch of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule before closing the hatch in preparation for undocking from the ISS to begin their return to Earth March 17, 2025 in this still image taken from video. NASA/Handout via REUTERS

Israel warns more to come as airstrikes kill over 400 in Gaza after two months of truce
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza and killed more than 400 people on Tuesday, Palestinian health authorities said, shattering nearly two months of relative calm since a ceasef...
TJ Carson Mar 18, 2025 Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a residential building in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
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