Category Archives: National
Manhunt for Brown University shooter stretches into fourth day, leaving residents on edge
Dec 16 (Reuters) - The manhunt for the gunman who killed two Brown University students and injured seven more in a classroom shooting stretched into a fourth day on Tuesday, leaving the campus and sur...
Dec 16, 2025 Cordon tape at the site of Saturday's mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. December 14, 2025. REUTERS/Maria Alejandra Cardona
Trump's $300 million White House ballroom makeover faces day in court
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's plan to build a $300 million ballroom on White House grounds faces an early courtroom test on Tuesday after preservationists accused him of ille...
Dec 16, 2025 The construction site of U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed ballroom is lit up as work continues late into the night at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 6, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
US job growth beats expectations in November; unemployment rate at 4.6%
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - U.S. job growth rebounded in November after nonfarm payrolls declined in October because of government spending cuts, but the unemployment rate was at 4.6% as the labor ...
Dec 16, 2025 Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
With no winner Monday night, Powerball jackpot grows to $1.25 billion
Urbandale, Ia. - No one won Monday night's Powerball jackpot of over $1.1 billion. The winning numbers were: 23, 35, 59, 63, 68...with a Powerball of 2. There were "Match 5" $1 million winners in Ariz...
Dec 16, 2025 (Powerball)
US dangles security guarantees for Ukraine but no deal on 'painful' territorial concessions
BERLIN/WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - U.S. negotiators have offered to provide NATO-style security guarantees for Kyiv as U.S. and European negotiators reported progress in talks on Monday to end the ...
Dec 15, 2025 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a press conference, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
Son of filmmaker Rob Reiner charged with homicide for death of his parents
LOS ANGELES, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The son of Hollywood actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner has been arrested and charged with the murder of his parents after they were found dead in their home over the weeke...
Dec 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Director Rob Reiner poses at the premiere for "LBJ" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
FBI foils bombing plot targeting Los Angeles, US attorney general says
WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Four people are facing criminal charges in connection with what Attorney General Pam Bondi described on Monday as a foiled bomb plot that contemplated multiple targets, ...
Dec 15, 2025 U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a press conference following the arrest in the D.C. pipe bomber investigation, at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 4, 2025. REUTERS/Jessica Koscielniak
With no big winner on Saturday, Monday's Powerball jackpot surpasses $1 billion
Urbandale, Ia. - No one won the grand prize in Saturday night's Powerball drawing, meaning the jackpot for Monday night's drawing has grown to $1.10 billion. The cash value is $503.4 million. Saturday...
Dec 15, 2025 (Powerball)
"It was dead people everywhere": Inside Australia's Hanukkah massacre
SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Among the thousands of people who flocked to Sydney's famed Bondi Beach on Sunday evening, some were seeking relief from the steamy weather while others joined a local Jewis...
Dec 15, 2025 People pay respects at Bondi Pavilion to victims of a shooting during a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Hollie Adams
Judge says Comey evidence was wrongfully retained, creating hurdle for new charges
Dec 13 (Reuters) - Prosecutors must return evidence seized from a key figure in the dismissed criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, but the U.S. Department of Justice can seek a new w...
Dec 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
