Category Archives: National
Suspect in Los Angeles deputy's killing detained
(Reuters) -A man suspected of ambushing and fatally shooting a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy at a traffic light over the weekend has been detained, local authorities said on Monday. A reward of ...
Sep 18, 2023 Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer (Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department)
Son of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' pleads not guilty to U.S. trafficking charges
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Ovidio Guzman, one of the sons of incarcerated Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, pleaded not guilty to U.S. fentanyl trafficking charges on Monday in federal court in Chi...
Sep 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Ovidio Guzman, son of kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is briefly captured by Mexican military police in a residential compound near the centre of Culiacan in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico October 17, 2019 in this still image taken from a helmet camera footage obtained October 30, 2019. Mexican Government TV/Handout via REUTERS/File photo
Biden's son Hunter sues IRS, alleges unlawful release of his taxes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden sued the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Monday, alleging unlawful disclosure of his taxes by whistleblowers who work for the U.S. tax ag...
Sep 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden walks to the motorcade after arriving at Fort McNair, after U.S. President Joe Biden spent the weekend at Camp David, in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo
UPDATE: American prisoners freed by Iran land in U.S. after swap deal, CNN reports
UPDATED 9/19 5:56 A.M. DOHA/NEW YORK (Reuters) -A plane carrying five Americans freed by Iran landed in the United States on Tuesday, a day after they were swapped for the release of five Iranians hel...
Sep 18, 2023 Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz and Emad Shargi, who were released during a prisoner swap deal between U.S. and Iran, arrive at Doha International Airport, Qatar September 18, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous/File Photo
UPDATE: Anyone seen my F-35? US searches for fighter jet after mishap
UPDATED 12:56 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Monday it was still searching for an F-35 fighter jet after a mishap on Sunday near an air base in South Carolina and has asked for ...
Sep 18, 2023 A F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 launches from the deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex as part of the F-35B's first combat strike, against a Taliban target in Afghanistan, September 27, 2018. Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matthew Freeman/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS/File photo
UPDATE: UAW strike enters fourth day, no resolution in sight
UPDATED 2:42 P.M. (Reuters) -Talks between the United Auto Workers and the Detroit Three automakers continued on Monday as a strike by auto workers over pay dragged on for a fourth day with little sig...
Sep 18, 2023 Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, walks the picket line with striking United Auto Workers members outside the Ford Motor Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan U.S., September 17, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
House Republicans eye short-term spending deal as shutdown looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -With a possible partial government shutdown looming in two weeks, House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday said he would bring a defense spending bill to a vote ...
Sep 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is seen in Washington, U.S., August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File Photo
Storm Lee makes landfall in Canada, downing trees and knocking out power
LOCKEPORT, Nova Scotia (Reuters) -Lee made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone packing hurricane-force winds in a far western part of Canada's Nova Scotia province on Saturday, flooding roads, downing...
Sep 17, 2023 People take photographs of water flooding after Hurricane Lee was downgraded to a Post Tropical Storm and started to impact, in Lockeport, Nova Scotia, Canada, September 16, 2023. REUTERS/John Morris
US auto workers strike against Detroit Three enters third day
(Reuters) - The United Auto Workers strike against the Detroit Three automakers is set to enter its third day Sunday with no immediate resolution on the horizon. On Saturday, negotiators for the Unite...
Sep 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: United Auto Workers members hold up strike signs across from the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, U.S., September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
North Korea's Kim heads home after week-long visit to Russia
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was heading home by train on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported, after a week-long visit to Russia that included talks with President Vladimir Puti...
Sep 17, 2023 Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toast, as he visits Vladivostok, Russia, September 16, 2023 released by the Korean Central News Agency on September 17, 2023. KCNA via REUTERS
