Category Archives: National
Gaza under blackout as Israel reports 'good progress' in war against Hamas
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Gaza was largely cut off from the outside world on Saturday after Israel expanded air and ground operations and suggested its long-promised ground offensive against the Hamas mili...
Oct 28, 2023 A child walks at the site of an Israeli air strike on a house, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 27, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Russia says Israel's Gaza bombardment is against international law
(Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Israel's bombardment of Gaza runs counter to international law and risks creating a catastrophe that could last decades. Lavrov made th...
Oct 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Smoke is rising after an Israeli strike on Gaza seen from a viewpoint in Southern Israel October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura/File Photo
UPDATE: U.S. army reservist suspected in Lewiston, Maine, shootings found dead, likely suicide
UPDATED 6:39 A.M. 10/28/23 LEWISTON, Maine (Reuters) - A U.S. Army reservist accused of spraying a bowling alley and bar with gunfire in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 people, was found dead after a 48-h...
Oct 27, 2023 A man identified as a suspect by police points what appears to be a semiautomatic rifle, in Lewiston, Maine, U.S., October 25, 2023. Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office via Facebook/Handout via REUTERS
Maine shooting victims: Pipefitter who loved wrestling, father and son at bowling league
LEWISTON, Maine (Reuters) -A father and son out for a night of bowling, a bar manager at his place of work and a pipefitter playing in a cornhole tournament were among those killed when a gunman opene...
Oct 27, 2023 Law enforcement members work at the site of a deadly mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, U.S. October 26, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Sam Bankman-Fried acknowledges 'mistakes' but testifies he did not defraud anyone
NEW YORK -Sam Bankman-Fried, testifying in his own defense at his fraud trial on Friday, acknowledged that a "lot of people got hurt" when the FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded collapsed, but sai...
Oct 27, 2023 FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is questioned by Assistant U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon as he testifies in his fraud trial over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, at federal court in New York City, U.S., October 26, 2023, in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
UPDATE: Israel stepping up Gaza ground operations, UN demands humanitarian truce
UPDATED 4:48 P.M. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli air and ground forces widened their attacks on Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the military said, and the Palestinian militant group said its fighter...
Oct 27, 2023 An explosion is seen on the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from the Israeli side, October 27, 2023. REUTERS TV via REUTERS
US congressman Santos pleads not guilty to new felony charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Representative George Santos pleaded not guilty on Friday to a 23-count indictment accusing him of an array of corruption, including 10 felony counts that federal prosecutors ...
Oct 27, 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
Democratic congressman Dean Phillips announces 2024 challenge to Biden
(Reuters) -U.S. congressman Dean Phillips of Minnesota launched his long-shot challenge to President Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, seizing on Biden's lackluster appro...
Oct 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) with the Problem Solvers Caucus and other members, speaks at a news conference on the forthcoming passage of the bipartisan emergency COVID-19 relief bill in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
US puts new sanctions on Hamas, members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. on Friday issued a second round of sanctions on the Palestinian group Hamas following its attack this month on Israeli communities, including by targeting a Hamas offic...
Oct 27, 2023 An Israeli soldier walks past a house that was damaged following a deadly attack by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Beeri, southern Israel, October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Striking Hollywood actors pass counter offer ahead of further talks with studios
(Reuters) -Striking Hollywood actors have passed a comprehensive counter-offer to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the SAG-AFTRA actors' union said in a post on social ...
Oct 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: SAG-AFTRA members walk the picket line on the 100th day of their ongoing strike outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
