Category Archives: National
Alabama woman reportedly abducted arrested for hoax
HOOVER, Ala. - An Alabama woman who claimed she was kidnapped while trying to tend to a child on the side of the road has been arrested, accused of making the whole thing up. Police in Hoover, Alabama...
Jul 28, 2023 (1470 &100.3 WMBD/Hoover Police)
Top US Senate Republican McConnell to stay in post through 2024 election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell plans to remain in his leadership post through the 2024 elections, a spokesperson said on Friday, two days after the minority leader f...
Jul 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters following the Senate Republicans weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/File Photo
US annual inflation slows in June; labor costs cool in second quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. annual inflation logged its smallest increase in more than two years in June, with underlying price pressures moderating, a trend that, if sustained, could push the Federal...
Jul 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A man arranges produce at Best World Supermarket in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S., August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
McConnell, Biden lapses highlight advanced age of US leaders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell's unexplained freeze up while speaking in Congress this week is the latest reminder that America's most powerful political leaders are m...
Jul 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) during an event to tout the new Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River between Covington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio near the bridge in Covington, Kentucky, U.S., January 4, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
US says Trump ordered video deleted, charges second employee in documents case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump ordered employees at his Florida resort to delete security videos as he was under investigation for retaining classified documents, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday...
Jul 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Trump appears on classified document charges after a federal indictment at Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse, alongside his aide Walt Nauta and attorneys Chris Kise and Todd Blanche in Miami, Florida, U.S., June 13, 2023 in a courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
Randy Meisner, Eagles co-founder who sang 'Take It to the Limit,' dead at 77
(Reuters) - Randy Meisner, a co-founder of the Eagles who sang lead on the 1975 hit "Take It to the Limit," died on Wednesday of complications from lung disease, the band said on its website on Thursd...
Jul 28, 2023 (Facebook)
NBA-Bronny James released from hospital after cardiac arrest
(Reuters) -LeBron James thanked fans for their love and prayers for his son Bronny, who was released from hospital on Thursday after he suffered a cardiac arrest while training with the University of ...
Jul 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Sierra Canyon Trailblazers point guard Bronny James looks on during warm up for the Battle of the Valley against the Notre Dame Knights played at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 27, 2023. Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports via REUTERS/File Photo MANDATORY CREDIT
US House votes to approve first 2024 spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed a fiscal 2024 appropriations bill for military construction and veterans affairs on Thursday, the first of 12 spend...
Jul 27, 2023 U.S. Capitol police stand outside the Capitol building as the Senate votes on debt ceiling legislation to avoid a historic default at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Biden seeks heat hazard alert, provides $1 billion to plant trees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he had asked Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su to issue a heat hazard alert, clarifying that workers have heat-related protections as tem...
Jul 27, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on extreme heat conditions, from the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, in Washington, U.S. July 27, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
UPDATE: Trump lawyers meet with US special counsel as second indictment looms
UPDATED 12:47 P.M. WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - Donald Trump's attorneys met on Thursday with Justice Department officials investigating the Republican former president's attempts to overturn his 2020 elec...
Jul 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an event following his arraignment on classified document charges, at Trump National Golf Club, in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., June 13, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo
