Category Archives: National
US Boy Scouts exits Chapter 11 bankruptcy after abuse settlement
(Reuters) -The Boys Scouts of America said on Wednesday it had emerged from bankruptcy after battling back appeals over its $2.46 billion settlement of decades of sexual abuse claims. The Boy Scouts' ...
Apr 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The statue of a scout stands in the entrance to Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Irving, Texas, February 5, 2013. REUTERS/Tim Sharp (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)
UPDATE: Republican McCarthy unveils plan to lift US debt ceiling, cut spending
UPDATE: 5:17 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday unveiled a plan to raise the nation's debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion and cut federal spending by three ...
Apr 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks at the the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 17, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Family of Tyre Nichols files federal lawsuit against Memphis
(Reuters) - Lawyers for Tyre Nichols' family filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in federal court seeking damages from those responsible for the beating death of the 29-year-old Black man at the hands of Mem...
Apr 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Civil rights attorney Ben Crump speaks during a “Stop The Black Attack” rally against ongoing state legislation at the Florida State Capitol building in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
Two Alabama teens charged with murder in 'Sweet 16' party shooting
(Reuters) - Two Alabama teenagers have been taken into custody and charged with murder in last week's shooting at a "Sweet 16" birthday party that left four dead and 32 wounded, a state police spokesp...
Apr 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Community members embrace each other during a vigil the day after a shooting during a teenager's birthday party at Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio in Dadeville, Alabama, U.S., April 16, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Air guardsman suspected of leaking U.S. secrets to remain in jail for now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard who is facing criminal charges for leaking top-secret military intelligence records online will remain in jail for now, accor...
Apr 19, 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
At least one dead, 5 injured in New York building collapse
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A four-story building collapsed in New York City's lower Manhattan near Pace University on Tuesday, killing at least one worker and injuring five others who were in the structure,...
Apr 18, 2023 A general view of a collapsed parking garage in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
UPDATE - Fox settles Dominion defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million, avoiding trial
UPDATED 3:55 P.M. WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -Fox Corp and Fox News on Tuesday settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, averting a high-profile trial putting one...
Apr 18, 2023 Ballot box miniatures are seen in front of displayed Dominion Voting Systems and Fox logos in this illustration taken April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
U.S. House Republicans tangle over debt limit, spending cut plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday held a "robust" discussion over Speaker Kevin McCarthy's plans for raising the federal debt limit and cutting future ...
Apr 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) shares a laugh with Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) during a press conference about the Republican party’s upcoming legislative agenda and accomplishments in the first one hundred days of holding the majority in the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/File Photo
UPDATE - Southwest flights resume after brief ground stoppage due to technical issue
UPDATED 10:38 A.M. (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co flights were resuming on Tuesday after lifting a brief nationwide stoppage caused by an internal technical issue, the U.S. Federal Aviation Authori...
Apr 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Southwest Airlines jetliner lands at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
IRS clears massive backlog of unprocessed paper tax returns ahead of deadline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service declared on Tuesday that it is completing its first "normal" tax filing season since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, with a backlog of mi...
Apr 18, 2023 Signage is seen at the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
