Category Archives: National
Baseball-Road Warriors: Rangers blank Diamondbacks to win franchise's first World Series
(Reuters) -The Texas Rangers kept up their sensational play on the road, shutting out the Diamondbacks 5-0 in Game Five of the World Series in Arizona on Wednesday and delivering the franchise its fir...
Nov 02, 2023 Nov 1, 2023; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; The Texas Rangers react after defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks in game five of the 2023 World Series at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports
US House defeats move to expel Republican George Santos
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A vote to expel Republican lawmaker George Santos from the U.S. House of Representatives failed on Wednesday when fewer than two-thirds of the chamber supported the resolution, p...
Nov 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) stands alone at the back of the House chamber during a second round of voting that once again failed to elect a new Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Israel says new strike on Gaza refugee camp kills second Hamas leader, first evacuees reach Egypt
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed another Hamas commander on Wednesday in their second strike on Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp in two days, the military said, as the first group of civilia...
Nov 01, 2023 Palestinians check a damaged road after an Israeli raid in Jenin camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
Legendary basketball coach Bob Knight dead at 83
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Legendary college basketball coach Bob Knight has passed away. Knight coached for a majority of his career at Indiana from 1971 to 2000, where he won three national championships. H...
Nov 01, 2023 (Knight Legacy)
Memphis officer charged in Tyre Nichols death to change plea
(Reuters) - One of the five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols has asked a U.S. District Court judge to change his plea of not guilty in the federal civ...
Nov 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Desmond Mills Jr. with attorney Blake Ballin stand as five former Memphis police officers who have been charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols attend an arraignment hearing at Shelby County courthouse in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht/File Photo
Kentucky coal building collapse kills 1 worker, traps one other
(Reuters) - The collapse of an idle coal-sorting building in Kentucky killed one man and trapped another man under the rubble, authorities said on Wednesday. The 11-story structure at the Martin Mine ...
Nov 01, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Fed leaves rates unchanged, acknowledges economy is 'strong'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday but left the door open to a further increase in borrowing costs in a policy statement that acknowledged the U.S. econ...
Nov 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a meeting of the Economic Club of New York in New York City, U.S., October 19, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
New US House Republican speaker faces early test on government funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Mike Johnson, the untried speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, faces an early test of how well he can unify his splintered majority as he tries to avoid a pa...
Nov 01, 2023 Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) takes his oath of office after he was elected to be the new Speaker at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabth Frantz/File Photo
UPDATE: Donald Trump Jr. says he had minor role in company's finances
UPDATED 2:50 p.m. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. testified on Wednesday that he had little to do with financial practices at the heart of a New York civil fraud trial accusing...
Nov 01, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump's son and co-defendant, Donald Trump Jr., attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool
Caterpillar shares fall on equipment demand concerns despite earnings beat
(Reuters) -Caterpillar reported a double-digit rise in profit on Tuesday, beating Wall Street estimates on solid construction equipment sales in North America, but its shares slid in early trading on ...
Nov 01, 2023 A Caterpillar 777 autonomous mining truck is displayed during CES 2023, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/ File Photo
