Category Archives: National
U.S. House panel approves bill to give Biden power to ban TikTok
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday along party lines to give President Joe Biden the power to ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok and other apps. L...
Mar 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Trains collide in Greece, at least 36 killed, dozens injured
LARISSA, Greece (Reuters) -A passenger train and a cargo train collided head-on in Greece on Tuesday night, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens as the country's deadliest rail crash in livi...
Mar 01, 2023 Rescue crews operate at the site of a crash, where two trains collided, near the city of Larissa, Greece, March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis
Caterpillar/UAW reach tentative agreement
(1470 & 100.3 WMBD) -- Caterpillar and the United Auto Workers Union have reached a tentative agreement on a six year contract, apparently averting a strike. The UAW and Caterpillar made the annou...
Mar 01, 2023 (Caterpillar)
U.S. house price inflation cools further in December
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. single-family home prices in December increased at their slowest pace since the summer of 2020, surveys showed on Tuesday, but tight supply could limit an anticipated decli...
Feb 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A "For Rent, For Sale" sign is seen outside of a home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
US Supreme Court debates legality of Biden student debt relief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments over the legality of President Joe Biden's plan to cancel $430 billion in student debt for about 40 million borrowers, with the just...
Feb 28, 2023 Supporters of student loan debt relief rally in front of the Supreme Court as the justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments in two cases involving President Joe Biden's bid to reinstate his plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
White House: No definitive conclusion in US government on COVID origin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There has not been a definitive conclusion and consensus in the U.S. government on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said ...
Feb 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: John Kirby, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, answers questions during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Oklahoma twisters injure 12, leave thousands without power
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Crews in central Oklahoma on Monday were assessing the damage and clearing debris left behind by a string of rare February tornadoes that roared through the area overnight, knockin...
Feb 27, 2023 Cars that were hit by a tornado lay in a pile in a damaged neighborhood in Norman, Oklahoma, U.S. February 27, 2023. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
Yellen in surprise visit to Kyiv to reaffirm US economic aid to Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was in Kyiv on Monday on a surprise visit to reaffirm U.S. support for Ukraine in its struggle against Russia's invasion and promote U.S. economic ...
Feb 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers remarks on "Next Steps in the Evolution of Development Finance" at a Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Energy Dept. concludes lab leak most likely cause of COVID pandemic
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX News) -- The U.S. Energy Department has concluded that the Covid pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a classified intelligence report recently provide...
Feb 27, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
'Everything Everywhere' vies for Hollywood's SAG awards on road to Oscars
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dimension-hopping action-adventure "Everything Everywhere All at Once" competes for multiple honors on Sunday at the Screen Actors Guild awards, a glitzy red-carpet ceremony th...
Feb 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert pose with actor Stephanie Hsu, while holding their nominee medallion for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in the Theatrical Feature Film category for "Everything Everywhere All at Once", at the 75th Annual Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. February 18, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
