Category Archives: National
US unveils plan to guarantee overtime pay for 3.6 million workers
(Reuters) -The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday moved to extend mandatory overtime pay to 3.6 million salaried workers, going even further than an Obama-era rule that was struck...
Aug 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Commuters pack the Brooklyn Bridge during the evening rush hour in New York December 20, 2005. REUTERS/Seth Wenig/File Photo
Sentencing of two ex-Proud Boys leaders postponed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sentencing hearings for two former leaders of the right-wing Proud Boys who were convicted of seditious conspiracy and other crimes for the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capi...
Aug 30, 2023 Members of the far-right Proud Boys, including leader Enrique Tarrio (C), rally in support of U.S. President Donald Trump to protest against the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Washington, U.S. November 14, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File photo
Burger King must face lawsuit claiming its Whoppers are too small
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge has rejected Burger King's bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that it cheated hungry customers by making its Whopper sandwich appear larger than it actually is. U.S. District J...
Aug 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The logo of U.S. fast food group Burger King is seen at a restaurant in Bruettisellen, Switzerland October 11, 2016. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Russia's Prigozhin buried quietly in hometown of St Petersburg
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Overbearing in life but discreet in death, Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was buried quietly in a leafy cemetery on the outskirts of St Petersburg on Tuesda...
Aug 29, 2023 A woman lights a candle at a makeshift memorial for Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, and Dmitry Utkin, the group commander, in Moscow, Russia August 29, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Miami Mayor Frances Suarez suspends presidential campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced on Tuesday he is suspending his presidential campaign, becoming the first major Republican candidate to do so, after failing to qualify for t...
Aug 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Miami Mayor and Republican presidential candidate Francis Suarez gestures as he speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Day Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., July 28, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File photo
Blood thinners, diabetes meds among first 10 drugs for US price negotiations
(Reuters) -The Biden administration on Tuesday released its list of 10 prescription medicines that will be subject to the first-ever price negotiations by the U.S. Medicare health program that covers ...
Aug 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Social Security and Medicare at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida, U.S. February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
UPDATE: Tampa native rides out Hurricane Idalia, as storm hits other areas of the coast
Updated 8/30 9:27 a.m. TEMPLE TERRACE, Fla. - Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the Florida Gulf Coast early Wednesday morning as a Category 3 storm. Tampa, Florida native Mark Hutson, whose wife Nanc...
Aug 29, 2023 (Photo courtesy of Mark Hutson) --Hutson says Hurricane Idalia missed his home in Temple Terrace, Florida, hitting other parts of the Florida Gulf Coast much harder.
US job openings in July post third straight monthly drop
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings fell for a third straight month in July as the labor market gradually slows, but conditions remain tight, likely ensuring that the Federal Reserve would keep i...
Aug 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
UPDATE: Intensifying Idalia threatens Florida's Gulf Coast with storm surges
UPDATED 11:19 A.M. CEDAR KEY, Florida (Reuters) -Hurricane Idalia was strengthening on Tuesday as it lumbered toward Florida's Gulf Coast, where officials ordered evacuations and urged millions of res...
Aug 29, 2023 A mandatory evacuation sign is seen ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Idalia, in Cedar Key, Florida, August 29, 2023. REUTERS/Marco Bello
UPDATE: University of North Carolina faculty member killed in campus shooting
UPDATED 6:37 p.m. (Reuters) - A faculty member at the University of North Carolina was shot dead in a shooting on campus on Monday, officials said, adding a suspect was arrested and the threat was cle...
Aug 28, 2023 This is the photo of a man suspected of a fatal shooting Monday afternoon on the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill campus. (UNC Police)
