Category Archives: National
County of Maui sues Hawaiian Electric for negligence leading to fires
(Reuters) - The county of Maui, Hawaii, on Thursday sued Hawaiian Electric accusing the power company of acting negligently by failing to shut down its equipment despite warnings hurricane winds could...
Aug 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A view shows the damages as U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden (not pictured) visit the fire-ravaged town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii, U.S., August 21, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
UPDATE: Trump booked at Georgia jail on election charges
UPDATED 8:04 p.m. ATLANTA (Reuters) -Donald Trump was booked at an Atlanta jail on Thursday on more than a dozen felony charges as part of a wide-ranging criminal case stemming from the former U.S. pr...
Aug 25, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, after a Grand Jury brought back indictments against him and 18 of his allies in their attempt to overturn the state's 2020 election results in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., August 24, 2023. Fulton County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
US House Republicans launch probe of Atlanta DA in Trump election case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on Thursday launched an investigation of Fani Willis, the district attorney in Georgia's Fulton County, as former President Donald Trump...
Aug 24, 2023 Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks to the media after a Grand Jury brought back indictments against former president Donald Trump and 18 of his allies in their attempt to overturn the state's 2020 election results, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. August 14, 2023. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo
Roark Capital to buy sandwich chain Subway for up to $9.55 billion -sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Private equity firm Roark Capital agreed on Thursday to buy Subway, in a deal that people familiar with the matter said values the U.S. sandwich chain at up to $9.55 billion, inclu...
Aug 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A person walks by a Subway restaurant in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo/File Photo
UPDATE: Putin delivers mixed tribute to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin after deadly plane crash
UPDATED 2:37 P.M. MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to the family of Yevgeny Prigozhin on Thursday, breaking his silence after the mercenary leader's plane crashe...
Aug 24, 2023 Police officers keep guard at a checkpoint near the site of the crash of a private jet linked to Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in the Tver region, Russia, August 24, 2023. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
UPDATE: Ex-cop kills three, wounds six at California biker bar
UPDATED 7:11 P.M. (Reuters) -A former police officer killed three people and wounded six others when opening fire at a famed biker bar in Southern California before he was shot dead by police late on ...
Aug 24, 2023 Tony Webster / CC
UPDATE: Most Republican rivals say they would support Trump as nominee even if convicted
UPDATED 10:11 P.M. MILWAUKEE (Reuters) -Six of the eight Republican presidential hopefuls at their party's first 2024 debate on Wednesday indicated they would support former President Donald Trump as ...
Aug 23, 2023 Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum pose together before the start before the start of the first Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 23, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
UPDATE: Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russia's most powerful mercenary, believed killed in plane crash
UPDATED 5:53 P.M. MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's most powerful mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board a plane which crashed on Wednesday evening north of Moscow with no survivors, the Russian authoritie...
Aug 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves the headquarters of the Southern Military District amid the group's pullout from the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo
UPDATE: Suspect in active shooter situation in Pittsburgh is dead
UPDATED 6:38 P.M. PITTSBURGH - An hours-long active shooter situation Wednesday in a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania neighborhood is over. The standoff ended when authorities shot and killed William Hardison...
Aug 23, 2023 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Giuliani surrenders in Trump election subversion case, $150,000 bond set
UPDATED 2:10 P.M. ATLANTA (Reuters) -Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani on Wednesday surrendered at a jail in Georgia's Fulton County to face state charges arising from actions he ...
Aug 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for former President Donald Trump during challenges to the 2020 election results, exits U.S. District Court after attending a hearing in a defamation suit related to the 2020 U.S. presidential election results, that has been brought against Giuliani by two Georgia election workers, at the federal courthouse in Washington, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
