Category Archives: National
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads - Semafor
(Reuters) -Twitter has threatened to sue Meta Platforms over its new Threads platform, news website Semafor reported on Thursday, citing a letter sent to the Facebook parent's CEO Mark Zuckerberg by T...
Jul 06, 2023 Meta Threads and Twitter app logos are seen in this illustration taken, July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Trump aide Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in Mar-a-Lago documents case
MIAMI (Reuters) - Donald Trump aide Walt Nauta pleaded not guilty at a Miami federal courthouse on Thursday to charges he helped the former U.S. president hide top secret documents that Trump took whe...
Jul 06, 2023 Walt Nauta, personal aide to former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is expected to face charges in connection to the mishandling of classified documents, and his lawyer Stanley Woodward, arrive at the James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building in Miami, Florida, U.S., July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Mercenary chief Prigozhin back in Russia, Belarus's Lukashenko says
MINSK (Reuters) -Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that the mutinous chief of Russia's Wagner group was still in Russia with thousands of fighters, but dismissed speculation t...
Jul 06, 2023 Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a press conference in Minsk, Belarus July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Two firefighters killed battling cargo ship fire at New Jersey port
Reuters) -Two New Jersey firefighters were killed while battling an intense blaze on a cargo ship docked at Port Newark, officials said on Thursday, and TV footage showed some smoke continuing to bill...
Jul 06, 2023 A New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire boat sprays water on a cargo ship where two New Jersey firefighters were killed after they became trapped while battling a blaze, at Port Newark, New Jersey, U.S., July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Order limiting Biden officials' social media outreach on shaky legal ground, experts say
(Reuters) - A federal judge's order restricting Biden administration officials from contacting social media companies about moderating their content will face tough legal challenges on appeal, experts...
Jul 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram apps are seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Russian missile strike kills four in Lviv in west Ukraine - officials
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian missile strike killed at least four people in Lviv on Thursday in the biggest attack on the western Ukrainian city's civilian infrastructure since Russia's full-scal...
Jul 06, 2023 A general view of damage to an apartment building from a Russian rocket strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine in this screen grab obtained from a social media video released July 6, 2023. Maksym Kozytskiy via Telegram/via REUTERS
Rash of shark attacks reported in New York over July 4 weekend
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four shark attacks were reported off the coast of New York's Long Island over the holiday weekend, extending a recent spike in such encounters in state waters, but authorities sai...
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US Navy says it prevented Iran from seizing tankers in Gulf of Oman
DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy said it had intervened to prevent Iran from seizing two commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, in the latest in a series of attacks on ships in the area s...
Jul 05, 2023 A still image obtained from a handout video which captured an Iranian naval vessel firing multiple long bursts of rounds from small arms and crew-served weapons during an attempt to unlawfully seize a commercial tanker, according to U.S. Navy, in the Gulf of Oman, provided by U.S. Navy on July 5, 2023. U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet/Handout via REUTERS
UPDATE: Cameras, visitor logs searched after cocaine found at White House
UPDATED 3:43 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Cocaine discovered in the White House on Sunday was found in a cubby hole in a West Wing entry area where visitors place electronics and other belongings before...
Jul 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the White House, where U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled his public schedule Monday after undergoing a root canal dental procedure at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 12, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
One dead, nine injured, after Washington D.C. shootings post-Fourth of July
WASHINGTON, D.C. - One man is dead and nine others are injured, including a ten-year-old., after shootings early Wednesday in Washington, D.C. According to FOX TV station WTTG, a man was pronounced de...
Jul 05, 2023 Midwest Communications
