Category Archives: National
Charges against Alec Baldwin to be dropped in 'Rust' shooting
TAOS, New Mexico (Reuters) -New Mexico prosecutors have decided to drop criminal charges against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western m...
Apr 20, 2023 Actor Alec Baldwin departs his home, as he will be charged with involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie "Rust", in New York, U.S., January 31, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado
Tornadoes rip through central Oklahoma, killing at least 3
(Reuters) -Teams of emergency crews on Thursday picked through flattened homes left in the wake of a powerful tornado that killed at least three people in central Oklahoma a day earlier. Two of the fa...
Apr 20, 2023 A general view shows damage following overnight tornadoes in Cole, Oklahoma, U.S., April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
Republican-led ban on transgender student athletes passes US House, moves to Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a Republican bill intended to ban transgender women and girls from competing in women's and girls' school sports, delivering...
Apr 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Congressman Greg Steube, (R-FL), speaks during a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 29, 2020. Graeme Jennings/Pool via REUTERS
SpaceX's Starship rocket successfully launched on first test flight, then explodes
BOCA CHICA, Texas (Reuters) -Elon Musk's SpaceX on Thursday successfully launched its next-generation Starship cruise vessel for the first time atop the company's powerful new Super Heavy rocket in an...
Apr 20, 2023 SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket lifts off from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on a brief uncrewed test flight near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023 in a still image from video. SpaceX/Handout via REUTERS
US weekly jobless claims edge up; mid-Atlantic factory activity slumps
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week, suggesting the labor market was gradually slowing as the Federal Reserve's yea...
Apr 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Vaccine critic Robert Kennedy Jr launches US Democratic presidential bid
(Reuters) -Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a member of a storied U.S. political dynasty, announced on Wednesday a long-shot bid to challenge incumbent President Joe Biden for the 2024 Dem...
Apr 20, 2023 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers a speech announcing his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Two killed as tornadoes, storms rip through Oklahoma
(Reuters) - At least two people were killed in McClain County, Oklahoma, as severe thunderstorms and tornadoes swept through several regions of Central U.S. late on Wednesday, local authorities said. ...
Apr 20, 2023 A general view shows damage during a rain-wrapped tornado in Cole, Oklahoma, U.S., April 19, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Hans Duran/via REUTERS
US Supreme Court extends block on abortion pill curbs by two days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday extended by two days a temporary block on limits set by lower courts on access to the abortion pill mifepristone in a challen...
Apr 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A box containing a Mifepristone tablet is seen at Blue Mountain Clinic in Missoula, Montana, U.S. February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare/File Photo
Tennessee lawmakers to visit White House as Biden continues push on guns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Three Democrats in the Tennessee legislature who faced expulsion over their participation in gun control protests will visit the White House on Monday as U.S. President Joe Biden...
Apr 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Rep. Justin Pearson, Rep. Justin Jones, and Rep. Gloria Johnson leave the Tennessee State Capitol after a vote at the Tennessee House of Representatives to expel two Democratic members for their roles in a gun control demonstration at the statehouse last week, in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
US announces $325 million in new arms aid for Ukraine, including HIMARS ammo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's administration announced $325 million in new military aid for Ukraine on Wednesday to help its military in its war against Russia, including additional...
Apr 19, 2023 Workers demolish a residential building heavily damaged during Russia's attack in the town of Irpin, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
