Category Archives: National
Powerball jackpot over $1 billion after no winner Monday night
CHICAGO, Ill. - The Powerball jackpot continues to grow after no one matched all six numbers Monday night to claim the $1.07 billion grand prize. The winning numbers Monday night were: 12, 26, 27, 43,...
Oct 03, 2023 (Powerball)
McDonald's, Wendy's defeat lawsuit over size of burgers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - McDonald's and Wendy's have defeated a lawsuit accusing them of deceiving hungry diners by exaggerating the size of their burgers. In a decision on Saturday, U.S. District Judge H...
Oct 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Wendy's Co restaurant is pictured in Monrovia, California November 4, 2015. Burger chain Wendy's Co reported better-than-expected quarterly same-restaurant sales, pulling in customers in North America with an expanded menu and refurbished restaurants. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
GM furloughs another 160 workers due to UAW strike
(Reuters) -General Motors said Monday it was indefinitely laying off about 160 workers at plants in Indiana and Ohio because of the impact on some of the facilities of the United Auto Workers strike t...
Oct 02, 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
Curtain comes up on new term for conservative US Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court began its new term on Monday with arguments in a criminal sentencing case, setting out on a nine-month legal journey that will test how far its 6-3 conserv...
Oct 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm /File Photo
UPDATE: US Rep Matt Gaetz will try to unseat House Speaker Kevin McCarthy this week
UPDATED 12:42 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy faced a threat to his leadership on Monday as a right-wing fellow Republican, Representative Matt Gaetz, s...
Oct 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) runs up the East Capitol stairs as the deadline to avert a partial government shutdown approaches on Capitol Hill?in?Washington, U.S., September 30, 2023. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File photo
UPDATE: Trump reaped over $100 million through fraud, New York says as trial starts
UPDATED 4:12 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) - A defiant Donald Trump attacked New York's attorney general and the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial as it began on Monday, with a state lawyer accusing th...
Oct 02, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the trial of himself, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James, at a Manhattan courthouse, in New York City, U.S., October 2, 2023. Jefferson Siegel/Pool via REUTERS
US Rep Bowman faces investigation after pulling fire alarm at Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman faced investigation on Sunday, the morning after he pulled a fire alarm in the Capitol complex as his party was trying to delay a ke...
Oct 01, 2023 U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) speaks prior to U.S. President Joe Biden delivering remarks on the federal government's debt limit during a visit to SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla in Valhalla, New York, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
UPDATE: Republican House Speaker McCarthy faces ouster threat for avoiding shutdown
UPDATED 8:45 A.M. 10/1/23 WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. House Republican Kevin McCarthy could face an untimely end to his role as speaker after a hardline critic within his own party on Sunday called...
Sep 30, 2023 U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol after the House of Representatives passed a stopgap government funding bill to avert an immediate government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. September 30, 2023. REUTERS/ Ken Cedeno
US Congress passes stopgap bill to avert government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress passed a stopgap funding bill late on Saturday with overwhelming Democratic support after Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy backed down from an earlier demand b...
Sep 30, 2023 U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol after the House of Representatives passed a stopgap government funding bill to avert an immediate government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. September 30, 2023. REUTERS/ Ken Cedeno
Trump, DeSantis court Republican activists in California
ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) -Donald Trump campaigned in California on Friday, just two days after skipping the Republican presidential debate there, looking to build support in the state with the bi...
Sep 30, 2023 A supporter of former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump prays at the site of the fall convention of the California Republican Party in Anaheim, California, U.S., September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
