Category Archives: National
U.S. charges FTX's Bankman-Fried with paying $40 million Chinese bribe
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled a new indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried, accusing the founder of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange of paying a $40 million bribe ...
Mar 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, departs from his court hearing at Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. January 3, 2023. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado
US consumer confidence rises; house price inflation slows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence unexpectedly increased in March, but Americans are becoming a bit anxious about the labor market and expect inflation to remain elevated over the next y...
Mar 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A family shops at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Springdale, Arkansas June 4, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo
Walgreens plans no further wage hikes for pharmacists as shortage eases
(Reuters) - Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc said on Tuesday it does not plan to increase wages further, as a shortage of pharmacists eases after the company doubled down on hiring and pay raises last yea...
Mar 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of a Walgreens, owned by the Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Lawmakers grill US regulators over Silicon Valley Bank collapse
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A top U.S. regulator told a Senate panel on Tuesday that Silicon Valley Bank executives did a "terrible" job of managing risk before the lender collapsed, as lawmakers demanded t...
Mar 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An employee holds the door open at the Silicon Valley Bank branch office in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Kori Suzuki/
Mississippi town mobilizes volunteers, opens mobile hospital after tornado kills 26
(Reuters) - Officials in Rolling Fork on Monday mobilized volunteers, organized logistics and opened a mobile hospital in the impoverished small town in western Mississippi clobbered by a ferocious to...
Mar 28, 2023 People work to clear debris after thunderstorms spawning high straight-line winds and tornadoes ripped across the state in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, U.S. March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Trump N.Y. grand jury hears from former National Enquirer publisher again -source
(Reuters) -A former National Enquirer publisher testified on Monday before a Manhattan grand jury hearing evidence about former President Donald Trump's role in a hush-money payment to a porn star, sa...
Mar 28, 2023 A man holds a fabric with depiction of former U.S. President Donald Trump as his supporters display and install flags in front of Trump Tower as the investigation continues into $130,000 paid in the final weeks of former U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign to Stormy Daniels, a porn star who said she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006 when he was married to his current wife Melania, in New York City, U.S., March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Death toll in Pennsylvania chocolate factory blast rises to seven
(Reuters) - The death toll from an explosion at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania has risen to seven people, with authorities ending a search for those believed to be missing following Friday's blas...
Mar 27, 2023 A general view shows smoke coming out from a chocolate factory after fire broke out, in West Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 24, 2023 in this picture obtained from social media. Twitter @Based_In410/via REUTERS
A Christian school that 'celebrates childhood' becomes killing scene in Nashville
(Reuters) -The 200 young children enrolled at The Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, start each day with chapel, and study the Bible twice a week. "The beauty of a Pr...
Mar 27, 2023 Students from the Covenant School wait to get off a bus to meet their parents at the reunification site following a mass shooting at the school in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. March 27, 2023. Mark Zaleski/USA Today Network via REUTERST
Biden calls for assault weapons ban after Nashville shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban after six people, including three children, were killed in a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee o...
Mar 27, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 24, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable
US will not back off Syria mission despite deadly attacks -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will not back away from its nearly eight-year-old deployment to Syria, where it is battling the remnants of Islamic State, despite attacks on U.S. forces there...
Mar 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The White House is seen from the top of the Washington Monument April 3, 2003. REUTERS/Molly Riley
