Category Archives: National
Hamas official says ceasefire needed before hostages can be freed - Russian newspaper
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Palestinian Hamas group that controls Gaza cannot release hostages seized during its attack on Israel until a ceasefire is agreed, the Russian newspaper Kommersant quoted a membe...
Oct 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises in the air following Israeli bombings in Gaza, as seen from Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel October 15, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
UPDATE: Maine police trawl river in manhunt for Lewiston mass shooter suspect
UPDATED 11:24 A.M. LEWISTON, Maine (Reuters) -Police in Maine planned to trawl the waters of the Androscoggin River with divers and sonar on Friday in their search for U.S. army reservist Robert R. Ca...
Oct 27, 2023 Members of law enforcement search a farm, as the search for the suspect in the deadly mass shootings in Lewiston continues, in Lisbon Falls, Maine, U.S. October 27, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Biden warns Iran against targeting US troops in Middle East
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden has sent a rare message to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warning Tehran against targeting U.S. personnel in the Middle East, the White House s...
Oct 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a graduation ceremony for armed forces officers at the Imam Ali academy in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2023. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo
Maine hunts for Army reservist suspected of killing 18 in Lewiston
LEWISTON, Maine (Reuters) -Police on Thursday searched the woods, waterways and towns of Maine for a U.S. Army reservist wanted in connection with the mass shootings that killed 18 people and wounded ...
Oct 26, 2023 A member of law enforcement crosses a road, following a deadly mass shooting in Lewiston, in Lisbon Falls, Maine, U.S. October 26, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried takes witness stand at his fraud trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sam Bankman-Fried briefly took the witness stand at his fraud trial on Thursday ahead of his testimony in his own defense on Thursday after prosecutors finished presenting their ca...
Oct 26, 2023 FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried attends as FBI agent Marc Troiano testifies as Bankman-Fried faces fraud charges 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
US Representative Bowman pleads guilty to triggering fire alarm at Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman on Thursday pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge that he set off a false fire alarm in the Capitol weeks ago, prompting evacuation...
Oct 26, 2023 U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) speaks during the National Action Network National Convention in New York City, U.S., April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Maine governor says 18 killed in shooting attacks at bar, bowling alley
LEWISTON, Maine (Reuters) - Maine Governor Janet Mills said on Thursday that 18 people were killed and 13 were wounded when a man with a rifle attacked patrons at a bowling alley and a bar in the city...
Oct 26, 2023 Police, staged at the Lisbon High School, clear out of the area as an active search for a gunman is underway after Lewiston's deadly mass shootings, in Lisbon, Maine, U.S. October 26, 2023. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi
US economic growth accelerates in third quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in nearly two years in the third quarter as higher wages from a tight labor market helped to power consumer spending, again defying dire...
Oct 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Prices of fruit and vegetables are on display in a store in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Ford workers to return to work as UAW turns to GM, Stellantis
(Reuters) - Ford autoworkers were set to head back to work after the United Auto Workers (UAW) union reached a tentative labor deal with the company late Wednesday. Ford was the first of Detroit's Big...
Oct 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant picket in Delta Township, Michigan U.S. September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Police scour Maine for man sought in Lewiston mass shootings
(Reuters) -Hundreds of police fanned out across the state of Maine hunting for a man wanted in connection with mass shootings at a bar and a bowling alley in the town of Lewiston, as news outlets repo...
Oct 26, 2023 Police close Lincoln Street leading to Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant after deadly mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, U.S. October 26, 2023. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi
