Category Archives: National
Judge mulls banning abortion pill in US; no ruling made
AMARILLO (Reuters) -A U.S. judge in Texas on Wednesday heard more than four hours of arguments over a request by anti-abortion groups to ban sales of the abortion pill mifepristone across the country,...
Mar 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Boxes of mifepristone, the first pill given in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Women's Reproductive Clinic of New Mexico in Santa Teresa, U.S., January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
ConocoPhillips' Alaska Willow project approvals hit with second lawsuit
(Reuters) - A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Biden administration's approval of ConocoPhillips' Willow oil and gas project in Alaska, saying the "enormous...
Mar 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A polar bear keeps close to her young along the Beaufort Sea coast in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska in a March 6, 2007 REUTERS/Susanne Miller/USFWS/handout
US drone may not be recovered from Black Sea after Russian intercept -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military surveillance drone that crashed into the Black Sea after being intercepted by Russian fighter jets may never be recovered, White House spokesman John Kirby said...
Mar 15, 2023 U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander attend a virtual meeting of Ukraine Defense Contact Group, at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S. March 15, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. Senate leader Schumer urges federal safety probe into all major freight railroads
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday urged the National Transportation Safety Board to launch an investigation into safety practices of all seven major freight...
Mar 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the news media after attending a closed Senate Democratic Caucus lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
US to impose inflation fines on first set of drugs, lowering costs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government said on Wednesday it would subject 27 drugs to inflation penalties, a move that will reduce out-of-pocket costs for Medicare recipients by $2 to as much as $3...
Mar 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (not pictured) at Navy Gateway Inns and Suites, in San Diego, California U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
US military drone crashes into Black Sea after Russian intercept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian Su-27 fighter jet intercepted and struck the propeller of a U.S. military MQ-9 "Reaper" surveillance drone on Tuesday, causing it to crash into the Black Sea, the Pent...
Mar 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits in a hanger at Amari Air Base, Estonia, July 1, 2020. U.S. unmanned aircraft are deployed in Estonia to support NATO's intelligence gathering missions in the Baltics. REUTERS/Janis Laizans/File Photo
U.S. prosecutors probing collapse of Silicon Valley Bank -source
(Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are investigating the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, according to a source familiar with the matter, as scrutiny mounts over the firm's sudden collapse and regulators sc...
Mar 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A security guard stands outside of the entrance of the Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California, U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small/File Photo
Lion's share of Biden's COVID relief funds delivered to states, local governments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two years after enactment of U.S. President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP), the program has delivered over 10.3 million payments to renters in need and aid...
Mar 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the Friday jobs report and the U.S. economy as he delivers remarks at an "American Rescue Plan challenge event" in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 2, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
DirecTV sues Nexstar, station owners over retransmission fees
(Reuters) - Satellite provider DirecTV on Tuesday sued Nexstar Media Group Inc and two other television station owners in Manhattan federal court, claiming they violated antitrust law by scheming to d...
Mar 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: DirecTV satellite dishes are seen on an apartment roof in Los Angeles, California in this file photo taken May 18, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn
Pfizer's COVID drug data supports use in high-risk patients - FDA staff
(Reuters) - The U.S. health regulator's staff reviewers said on Tuesday data from Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 drug trials support its use in adults at high risk of progressing to severe disease. The Food an...
Mar 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Paxlovid, Pfizer's anti-viral medication to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is displayed in this picture illustration taken October 7, 2022. A morning and an evening does consists of one white 100-milligram tablet of Ritonavir and two pink 150-milligram tablets of PF-07321332. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/Illustration
