Category Archives: National
Olympics-LA Mayor Bass calls on LA28 chair Wasserman to resign
By Rory Carroll MILAN, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday said Casey Wasserman should step down as chairman of the committee organizing the 2028 Olympic Games following revelati...
Feb 17, 2026 Feb 12, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass speaks at NBA Cares Legacy Project Dedication at the Weingart YMCA. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and US presidential hopeful, dies at 84
By Will Dunham Washington, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Charismatic U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Lut...
Feb 17, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Reverend Jesse Jackson addresses a Non-Governmental Organisation debate on racism in the media at the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) September 5, 2001. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo
Olympics-Bobsleigh-Meyers Taylor wins Monobob to finally get gold
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 16 (Reuters) - American Elana Meyers Taylor finally claimed an Olympic gold medal at the age of 41 on Monday when the mother of two snatched the Monobob bobsleigh title b...
Feb 16, 2026 Feb 16, 2026; Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; Elana Meyers Taylor of the United States and Kaillie Armbruster Humphries of the United States celebrate after placing first and third in the women's bobsleigh monobob competition during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Cortina Sliding Centre. Mandatory Credit: Michael Madrid-Imagn Images
Guthrie family not suspects in Arizona kidnapping, sheriff says
TUCSON, Arizona, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Nancy Guthrie's family has been cleared as possible suspects in her abduction, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said on Monday, as the case involving the mother of "...
Feb 16, 2026 A banner with a growing collection of well-wishes from supporters reads "bring her home" (not pictured) and shows a photo of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who disappeared from her home nearly two weeks ago, outside of the KVOA newsroom in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., February 14, 2026. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble
Update: Robert Duvall, 'Tender Mercies' Oscar winner, dies at 95
Updated at 12:37 p.m. By Bill Trott Feb 16 (Reuters) - Oscar winner Robert Duvall, a versatile actor who made lasting impressions in a range of parts from starring to supporting roles like the napalm-...
Feb 16, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Actor Robert Duvall poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, California September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
Olympics-Curling-Canadian skip Homan says cheating accusations 'came out of nowhere'
By Aadi Nair CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Rachel Homan's Canadian women's curling team say they have been dragged into a cheating controversy that is nothing to do with them, as a disp...
Feb 16, 2026 Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Curling - Women's Round Robin Session 4 - Great Britain vs Canada - Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy - February 14, 2026. Tracy Fleury of Canada, Rachel Homan of Canada, Emma Miskew of Canada and Sarah Wilkes of Canada look on during their match against Britain REUTERS/Issei Kato
US health regulators to consider safety status of processed ingredients, RFK Jr. says
By Michelle Conlin NEW YORK, Feb 15 (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration will consider a petition to revoke the safety status of dozens of processed refined carbohydrates unless food companies...
Feb 16, 2026 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with U.S. Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) during the inaugural Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
FBI seeking DNA match from glove found near Nancy Guthrie's home
By Herbert Villarraga and Steve Gorman TUCSON, Arizona, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Investigators have obtained a DNA sample from a glove that was found near Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home and appears to match t...
Feb 16, 2026 The FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department deputies process evidence from a late-model, gray Range Rover as they investigate the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, at a Culver’s in Tucson, Arizona, U.S. February 13, 2026. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Rubio strikes constructive tone but persists in US criticism of European allies
MUNICH, Feb 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a message of unity to Europeans on Saturday, saying Washington was not looking to abandon the transatlantic alliance but that Europe...
Feb 14, 2026 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2026. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
Olympics-Figure skating-Malinin's Olympic dreams come to crashing halt at Milano Cortina Games
MILAN, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The pressure had been building, the glare of Olympic expectation, the scrutiny of a sport that demands not only athletic precision but artistic perfection. And on Friday, all...
Feb 14, 2026 Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Figure Skating - Men Single Skating - Free Skating - Milano Ice Skating Arena, Milan, Italy - February 13, 2026. Ilia Malinin of United States falls during the Free Skating REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
