Category Archives: National

United Airlines passenger tried to stab flight attendant, U.S. prosecutors say
BOSTON (Reuters) - A United Airlines passenger has been arrested after trying to open an emergency exit door during a flight on Sunday from Los Angeles to Boston and then trying to stab a flight atten...
Will Stevenson Mar 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 lands at San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, February 13, 2015. REUTERS/Louis Nastro

State AGs demand TikTok comply with US consumer protection investigations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of 45 state attorneys general in the United States on Monday demanded Chinese-owned social media app TikTok produce subpoenaed materials sought in an ongoing nationwide c...
TJ Carson Mar 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A person holds a smartphone as Tik Tok logo is displayed behind in this picture illustration taken November 7, 2019. Picture taken November 7, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Biden plans Philadelphia swing-state union backdrop for budget proposal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to unveil his upcoming budget proposal to Congress with unusual fanfare on Thursday, holding a campaign-style event intended to trumpet an economi...
TJ Carson Mar 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his economic priorities at a Laborers' International Union of North America (LiUNA) training center in DeForest, Wisconsin, U.S. February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

U.S. CFPB's bid to curb late credit card fees faces strong opposition
(Reuters) - A U.S. consumer watchdog's proposal to slash late fees on credit cards is facing a rough road ahead as lenders gear up for what could turn out to be a fierce battle with the agency, indust...
TJ Carson Mar 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

UPDATE: Atlanta police arrest 23 on terrorism charges after protest at training site
UPDATED 4:14 P.M. ATLANTA (Reuters) - Two dozen people face domestic terrorism charges in Atlanta after they were arrested during violent clashes between officers and protesters at a police training c...
Julia Bradley Mar 06, 2023 Protesters launch fireworks against members of the police at the construction site of a police training center, after a demonstration at the property led to clashes, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., March 5, 2023, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. City of Atlanta Police Department via REUTERS

Pritzker not eying the White House...at least for now.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (FOX News) -- As the 2024 presidential race heats up, so does speculation surrounding who may be considering a potential White House bid. Illinois Democratic Gov. J-B Pritzker respon...
Julia Bradley Mar 06, 2023 (State of Illinois)

TikTok a potential target in upcoming U.S. bill to ban some foreign tech - Senator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators plan to introduce legislation this week aimed at letting the government "ban or prohibit" foreign technology products such as Chinese-owned TikTok, Senator Mar...
Will Stevenson Mar 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) speaks to the media following a classified briefing for U.S. Senators about the latest unknown objects shot down by the U.S. military, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 14, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

Another Norfolk Southern train derails in Ohio, railroad says no toxins aboard
(Reuters) -A Norfolk Southern train derailed in Ohio on Saturday, the second such incident involving the railroad in that state in about a month, prompting local officials to order residents living ne...
Will Stevenson Mar 05, 2023 Another train operated by the Norfolk Southern railroad company derailed in Ohio on Saturday (March 4), with video posted on social media showing the train moving along the tracks moments before carriages begin to fall as the train derails. (Shawn Heaton via Reuters)

At right-wing CPAC forum, Trump shows why he'll be tough to topple
OXON HILL, Maryland (Reuters) - Reminders of former President Donald Trump's towering influence over the Republican Party were everywhere at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference this we...
Will Stevenson Mar 05, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., March 4, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Actor Tom Sizemore, known for tough-guy roles and scandal, dead at 61
(Reuters) -Actor Tom Sizemore, known as much for his struggles with drug addiction and run-ins with the law as for his tough-guy roles in such films as "Saving Private Ryan" and "Black Hawk Down," die...
TJ Carson Mar 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Actor Tom Sizemore attends the premiere of the film "The Expendables 3" in Los Angeles August 11, 2014. REUTERS/Phil McCarten


