Category Archives: National
Biden heading to Maui to console wildfire survivors
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's duty as consoler-in-chief will be put to the test on Monday when he visits Maui, nearly two weeks after wildfires swept through the Hawai...
Aug 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The shells of burned houses and buildings are left after wildfires driven by high winds burned across most of the town in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, U.S. August 11, 2023. Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources/Handout via REUTERS
Soccer-Spain defeat England in final of record-breaking Women's World Cup
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Spain defeated England 1-0 in the Women's World Cup final on Sunday, capping off a tournament that has broken attendance and TV records and raised hopes of a surge in interest for th...
Aug 20, 2023 Soccer Football - FIFA Women's World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 - Final - Spain v England - Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia - August 20, 2023 Spain players celebrate with the trophy after winning the World Cup REUTERS/Carl Recine
As fires rage in British Columbia, more residents prepare for evacuations
(Reuters) - Record-setting wildfires in Canada's western province of British Columbia are expected to push more people out of their homes this week, as firefighters battle unruly blazes that have dest...
Aug 20, 2023 A view shows wildfires in Squilax, British Columbia, Canada August 18, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video X@AlpineLifer/via REUTERS
Maui children face grief, destruction as schools start up after wildfire
(Reuters) - Before wildfire ravaged the Hawaiian community of Lahaina last week, high school teacher Mike Landes was always the guy arguing that academics come first - before worries about the social ...
Aug 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Views from the air of the community of Lahaina after wildfires driven by high winds burned across most of the town several days ago, in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, U.S. August 10, 2023. REUTERS/Marco Garcia/File Photo
Elon Musk says X will strip ability to block accounts
(Reuters) - Social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, will remove a protective feature that lets users block other accounts, owner Elon Musk said on Friday in another controversial move for t...
Aug 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: 'X' logo is seen reflected on an apartment window across the street from the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Hurricane Hilary threatens Mexico, California with 'catastrophic floods'
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Category 4 Hurricane Hilary hurtled towards Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Friday, a U.S. government agency said, as it issued its first ever tropical storm watch for Cal...
Aug 18, 2023 Workers prepare to cover a slide ridden hillside with plastic tarp in the hopes to protect it from the rain expected with upcoming storm Hilary in San Clemente, California, U.S., August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
UPDATE: At Camp David, US, South Korea and Japan condemn China, agree to deepen military ties
UPDATED 4:45 P.M. CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and the leaders of South Korea and Japan agreed at Camp David on Friday to deepen military and economic ties and made their s...
Aug 18, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden greets Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during the trilateral summit at Camp David near Thurmont, Maryland, U.S., August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Hurricane Hilary has grown to a Category 4 storm, as it heads towards California coast
MEXICO CITY - Hurricane Hilary has intensified into a Category 4 storm as it makes its way towards Baja, California on Friday. Hilary is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rains to Southwestern ...
Aug 18, 2023 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / CC
Trump's lawyers propose 2026 trial date in federal election case
(Reuters) -Lawyers for Donald Trump on Thursday asked a federal judge in Washington to schedule an April 2026 trial for the former president, on federal charges that he allegedly sought to overturn hi...
Aug 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 29, 2023. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario/File Photo
Maui's chief of emergency management resigns amid criticism
KIHEI, Hawaii (Reuters) -Maui County Emergency Management administrator Herman Andaya, criticized by local residents and media over the island's response to the deadly wildfires that killed at least 1...
Aug 18, 2023 Trees charred by the Maui wildfires stand near the shell of a building in Lahaina, Hawaii, U.S. August 15, 2023. U.S. Army National Guard/Staff Sgt. Matthew A. Foster/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
