Category Archives: National
UPDATE: Jim Jordan fails again in US House speaker bid as Republicans eye backup plan
UPDATED 5:11 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Outspoken conservative Jim Jordan sought more time to bolster his faltering bid for the top job in the U.S. House of Representatives after losing a second vote ...
Oct 18, 2023 U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), currently the top contender in the race to be the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, arrives at the office of House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) for meetings to try to find the remaining votes to get Jordan elected the next Speaker after he failed to win the gavel in the first round of voting, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
UPDATE: Biden says Gaza militants appear to be behind hospital blast as anti-Israel protests spread
UPDATED 1:48 P.M. TEL AVIV/GAZA (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden pledged solidarity with Israel on Wednesday and said a deadly blast at a Gaza hospital seemed to have been caused by a rocket misfi...
Oct 18, 2023 People inspect the area of Al-Ahli hospital, where hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a blast that Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed on each other, in Gaza City, October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Masri
Doctors recount horror of Gaza hospital blast
GAZA (Reuters) - The head of orthopedic surgery at Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital in Gaza, Fadel Naim, had just finished a procedure when he heard a huge explosion and his department filled with people scr...
Oct 18, 2023 An injured person is assisted at Shifa Hospital after hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a blast at Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza that Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed on each other in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Masri/File Photo
Rivian's bond issue does not reflect concerns around EV maker's financial health -CEO
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Rivian's earlier-than-expected bond issuance this month was meant to strengthen the EV maker's balance sheet before geopolitical risks tighten capital markets and does not ref...
Oct 17, 2023 Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe speaks at a press event at the Amazon Logistics Facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska/File photo
Prosecutors to recharge Alec Baldwin for 'Rust' shooting
(Reuters) -New Mexico prosecutors on Tuesday said they intended to recharge actor Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of "Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021, ....
Oct 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Actor Alec Baldwin departs his home, as he will be charged with involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie "Rust", in New York, U.S., January 31, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
UPDATE: Hundreds killed at Gaza hospital amid conflicting claims
UPDATED 3:23 p.m. GAZA (Reuters) -About 500 Palestinians were killed in a blast at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday that Palestinian health authorities said was caused by an Israeli air strike but that the ...
Oct 17, 2023 Palestinians search for casualties under the rubble of a building destroyed by Israeli strikes in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
US retail sales beat expectations in boost to third-quarter GDP growth expectations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in September as households stepped up purchases of motor vehicles and spent more at restaurants and bars, cementing expectations th...
Oct 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: People visit a retail store during the holiday season in New York City, U.S., December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
UPDATE: Donald Trump appears in New York court again for civil trial
Updated 9:20 a.m. (Reuters) - Donald Trump appeared in New York court on Tuesday for the third week of a civil fraud trial that could dismantle pillars of the former U.S. president's business empire. ...
Oct 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower after giving a deposition to New York Attorney General Letitia James who sued him and his Trump Organization, in New York City, U.S., April 13, 2023. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
UPDATE: Gaza death toll rises to 3,000 with Biden due to visit Israel
UPDATED 1:11 P.M. GAZA (Reuters) -The Palestinian death toll from Israel's bombardment of Gaza climbed to about 3,000 on Tuesday, health authorities said, and at least six people were killed in an Isr...
Oct 17, 2023 Palestinians search for casualties under the rubble of a building destroyed by Israeli strikes in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Slain Palestinian boy mourned in Illinois; stabbing suspect appears in court
BRIDGEVIEW, Illinois (Reuters) -Tearful mourners on Monday gathered in prayer at a mosque and placed white and yellow roses at the gravesite of a 6-year-old Muslim boy stabbed to death by a man who po...
Oct 16, 2023 Mourners place flowers at the grave of Wadea Al-Fayoume at Parkholm Cemetery where the burial took place of Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, a Muslim boy who according to police was stabbed to death in an attack that targeted him and his mother for their religion and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas, in LaGrange, Illinois, U.S. October 16, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
