Category Archives: National
Blinken heads to Beijing hoping to calm fears of a US-China break
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to Beijing this weekend with expectations low that he will make headway on the long list of disputes between the United States and Chi...
Jun 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to members of the media in the Treaty Room of the State Department in Washington, U.S., June 12, 2023. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
UPS workers authorize strike, seen as leverage for pay talks
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -United Parcel Service (UPS) union employees have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike should contract talks break down after the current agreement ends in two weeks, the I...
Jun 16, 2023 A United Parcel Service (UPS) vehicle reverses into a facility in Queens, New York City, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
US finds Minneapolis police had pattern of using excessive force
(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice released findings from its two-year investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department on Friday, concluding the department had a pattern or practice of using...
Jun 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A man holds an image of George Floyd at a vigil on the second anniversary of the death of Floyd, a black man who was killed in 2020 by white police officer Derek Chauvin by kneeling on his neck, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Miller/File Photo
Pope Francis leaves hospital 'in better shape than before'
ROME (Reuters) -Pope Francis was discharged from hospital on Friday morning, nine days after surgery to repair an abdominal hernia, and his doctor said he was stronger than before. The 86-year-old pon...
Jun 16, 2023 Pope Francis greets people after having been discharged from Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Texas panhandle town hit by tornado, deaths reported
LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas panhandle town of Perryton was struck on Thursday by one or more tornadoes, causing fatalities, the mayor said, as images from the ground showed much of the town l...
Jun 16, 2023 A view of a damaged site in Perryton as the town gets struck by a tornado, in Texas, U.S. June 15, 2023, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Sabrina Devers via TMX/via REUTERS
Biden gets backing of leading environmental groups for re-election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A collection of the nation's leading and biggest spending environmental groups endorsed President Joe Biden's re-election bid on Wednesday, an early sign that he has consolidate...
Jun 16, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden attends the League of Conservation Voters annual dinner in Washington, U.S., June 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
US grand jury indicts Pentagon leak suspect Teixeira, Justice Department says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal grand jury has indicted a U.S. Air National Guardsman accused of leaking top-secret military intelligence records online, the Justice Department said in a statement on ...
Jun 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An undated picture shows Jack Douglas Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard, who was arrested by the FBI, over his alleged involvement in leaks online of classified documents, posing for a selfie at an unidentified location. Social Media Website/via Reuters/File Photo
Bankman-Fried to get second trial on bank fraud, bribery counts
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday granted a request from prosecutors to try some of their charges against Sam Bankman-Fried in a second trial next year separate from his scheduled Oct. 2 tr...
Jun 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of crypto currency exchange FTX, is escorted out of the Magistrate Court building in Nassau, Bahamas December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
E. Jean Carroll defamation trial against Donald Trump set for January 2024
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday scheduled the writer E. Jean Carroll's second defamation trial against former U.S. President Donald Trump for next January. U.S. District Judge Lewis K...
Jun 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: E. Jean Carroll reacts as she exits the Manhattan Federal Court following the verdict in the civil rape accusation case against former U.S. President Donald Trump, in New York City, U.S., May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
EV maker Rivian sees stable demand through the year - CFO
(Reuters) - Electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive expects demand for its pickups and SUVs to remain stable through the year, Chief Financial Officer Claire McDonough said, even as higher borrowing ...
Jun 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Rivian logo is shown on one of their new electric SUV vehicles in San Diego, U.S., December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake
