Category Archives: National
Gymnastics-Olympic gold medalist Retton 'fighting for her life' with rare form of pneumonia, daughter says
(Reuters) - U.S. gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton is "fighting for her life" and has been in an intensive care unit for more than a week battling a rare form of pneumonia, her daughter said on Tuesday....
Oct 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former Olympic Gold medallist gymnast Mary Lou Retton (R) of the U.S. and her former coach Bela Karolyi laugh as they sit next to the floor during the AT&T American Cup gymnastics competition at New York's Madison Square Garden March 3, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Segar /File Photo
Two US House Republicans make their bid for the speaker's gavel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives heard pitches on Tuesday from prominent party members Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan, who are vying for the powerful role ...
Oct 11, 2023 U.S. House Majority Leader and candidate for next U.S. Speaker of the House Steve Scalise (R-LA) arrives for a meeting with members of Florida's House of Representatives, after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as House speaker, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 10, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
US congressman Santos hit with more charges for inflating fundraising numbers
(Reuters) - U.S. congressman George Santos was hit with additional criminal charges on Tuesday for inflating his campaign's fundraising numbers in a bid to qualify for financial and logistical support...
Oct 10, 2023 U.S. Representative George Santos (R-NY) walks to a House Republican Conference meeting as Republicans work towards electing a new Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
White House says 20 or more Americans missing after Hamas attack on Israel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty or more Americans are missing following Palestinian Islamist group Hamas' attack on Israel over the weekend that left hundreds dead, U.S. national security adviser Jake S...
Oct 10, 2023 Rockets are fired from Gaza towards Israel, in Gaza, October 10, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Sam Bankman-Fried directed fraud on FTX customers, Caroline Ellison tells jury
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Caroline Ellison, the former chief executive officer of Sam Bankman-Fried's hedge fund, testified on Tuesday that the former crypto mogul directed her and others to defraud custome...
Oct 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, U.S., August 11, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz//File Photo
Hezbollah, Hamas claim attacks on Israel from Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) -The Palestinian Hamas group has claimed a rocket attack and the Lebanese group Hezbollah exchanged fire with Israel in a third day of violence at the border that has opened up a new ...
Oct 10, 2023 Israeli soldiers gather as flame and smoke rise over Lebanon as seen from Israel's border with Lebanon, in northern Israel, October 10, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
UPDATE: 'An act of sheer evil': Biden pledges support for Israel, American Jews in speech
UPDATED 2:15 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday denounced Hamas, calling the surprise attack on Israel launched by the Palestinian militant group "an act of sheer evil," and str...
Oct 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden lholds a bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the 78th U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Biden interviewed by special counsel in classified documents case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden was interviewed as part of an investigation into his handling of classified documents by Special Counsel Robert Hur, the White House counsel's office said on...
Oct 10, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his economic agenda at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Maryland, U.S. September 14, 2023.?REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UPDATE: Two US House Republicans expected to make pitch for speaker's gavel
UPDATED 12:45 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Republicans expect to hear pitches from at least two colleagues on Tuesday vying for the powerful role of speaker, under mountin...
Oct 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), who is vying for the position of Speaker of the House, speaks to members of the media as he leaves a House Republican Conference meeting as Republicans work towards electing a new Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
No Powerball winner Monday night, jackpot soars higher
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Powerball jackpot climbs even higher after no one matched all six numbers Monday night. The winning numbers were 16, 34, 46, 55, 67 and the Powerball 14. The jackpot for Wednes...
Oct 10, 2023 (Powerball)
