Category Archives: National
Ex-producer Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years on L.A. rape conviction
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Harvey Weinstein, the onetime Hollywood titan who came to epitomize a culture of pervasive sexual misconduct by powerful men that ignited the #MeToo movement, was sentenced on T...
Feb 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, USA, 04 October 2022. Harvey Weinstein was extradited from New York to Los Angeles to face sex-related charges. Etienne Laurent/Pool via REUTERS/
At derailment scene, Buttigieg urges U.S. railroads embrace reforms
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured the wreckage of this month's Ohio train derailment and toxic spill on Thursday and urged freight rail companies not ...
Feb 23, 2023 A general view of the site of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., February 23, 2023. REUTERS/Alan Freed
Singer R. Kelly sentenced to one year on federal child pornography conviction
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Grammy-winning R&B artist R. Kelly was sentenced on Thursday to one year in prison after his conviction in Chicago on federal child pornography and enticement charges, local med...
Feb 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: R. Kelly leaves the Criminal Court Building after pleading not guilty during a hearing on eleven new counts of criminal sexual abuse, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., June 6, 2019. REUTERS/Daniel Acker/
U.S. jobless claims fall; inflation revised higher in fourth quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to a persistently tight labor market, and further fueling fears that the...
Feb 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: 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
U.S. transportation chief tours Ohio derailment site; NTSB to release initial report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured the wreckage of this month's train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, as federal investigators prepared to release their ini...
Feb 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testifies before a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on President Biden's proposed budget request for the Department of Transportation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy
Florida TV journalist shot dead while reporting on a murder - police
(Reuters) -A gunman opened fire on two television journalists reporting on a murder near Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday, killing one and wounding the other before fatally shooting a 9-year-old girl an...
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Massive snowstorm closes schools, grounds flights in U.S. heartland
CHICAGO (Reuters) -A major winter storm battered the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest with high winds and heavy snow on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of schools to close, grounding air travel and makin...
Feb 23, 2023 The Motz family walks through blowing snow as weather conditions worsen in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S., February 22, 2023. Erin Woodiel/Argus Leader/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
Biden meets eastern NATO allies after Putin's nuclear warning
WARSAW (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden met leaders of NATO's eastern flank on Wednesday to show support for their security after Moscow suspended a landmark nuclear arms control treaty, which he c...
Feb 22, 2023 Poland's President Andrzej Duda NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg, U.S. President Joe Biden and others take part in the NATO Bucharest Nine (B9) Summit, during Biden's visit to Poland to mark the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Israeli troops kill 9 Palestinians in West Bank clash, medics say
NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli troops killed nine Palestinians, including at least three gunmen and three civilians, and wounded over 90 others during a raid on a flashpoint city in the occupied...
Feb 22, 2023 Palestinians clash with Israeli forces during a raid in Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West bank, February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
UPDATE: Biden administration unveils broad asylum restrictions at U.S.-Mexico border
UPDATED 5:29 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States could bar tens of thousands of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border from claiming asylum under a proposal unveiled on Tuesday that woul...
Feb 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Migrants under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program stand at the Lerdo-Stanton International Bridge after being returned from the U.S. to Mexico to continue their asylum application, in this picture taken from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
