Category Archives: National
UPDATE: New York U-Haul truck strikes eight people, driver in custody
UPDATED 5:22 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Police in New York City have arrested a U-Haul truck driver accused of deliberately plowing into pedestrians on Monday, injuring at least eight people before offi...
Feb 13, 2023 A New York Police Department vehicle blocks a U-Haul rental vehicle, where according to media reports a man struck multiple people and the NYPD took the driver into custody, near the Battery tunnel in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., February 13, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Rescuers in Turkey dig to rescue family a week after earthquake
ANTAKYA/ELBISTAN, Turkey (Reuters) -Rescuers in Turkey pulled out several people alive from collapsed buildings on Monday and were digging to reach a grandmother, mother and daughter from a single fam...
Feb 13, 2023 Search and rescue teams work on a collapsed building, in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake, in Adiyaman, Turkey, February 12, 2023. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar
NFL-Heroic Mahomes leads Chiefs to Super Bowl win over Eagles
UPDATED 9:57 P.M. GLENDALE, Ariz (Reuters) -Patrick Mahomes proved why he is the NFL's Most Valuable Player as he shrugged off an ankle injury to lead the Kansas City Chiefs to a dramatic 38-35 win ov...
Feb 12, 2023 Feb 12, 2023; Glendale, Arizona, US; The Kansas City Chiefs bench celebrates after defeating the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Rihanna lights up Super Bowl stage with 'Diamonds'
(Reuters) - Pop and R&B superstar Rihanna made a grand return to the stage on Sunday, floating on a platform high above the Super Bowl field and performing hits from "Umbrella" to "Diamonds." Dres...
Feb 12, 2023 Football - NFL - Super Bowl LVII - Half-Time Show - State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona, United States - February 12, 2023 Rihanna performs during the halftime show REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid
U.S. shoots down mysterious object near Canadian border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. military fighter jets on Sunday shot down an octagonal object over Lake Huron, the Pentagon said, the latest incident since a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon put Nort...
Feb 12, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft takes off for a nighttime mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, August 22, 2017. REUTERS/Josh Smith
Biden lauds 'bipartisan progress' as he dines with governors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden appealed to Republican and Democratic governors on Saturday to continue working across political divides to improve Americans' lives and rebuild the econ...
Feb 12, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the U.S. governors and their spouses for a black-tie dinner in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. February 11, 2023. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
UPDATE: Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 33,000 as Turkey starts legal action
UPDATED 10:32 A.M. ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) -Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble on Sunday six days after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria, as Turkish authorities sough...
Feb 12, 2023 Rescuers carry Aisha, a 5-year-old Syrian girl, who survived a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey February 11, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
NFL-For fans Super Bowl no longer a game, it's an 'experience'
PHOENIX (Reuters) - In just a half-century of evolution the Super Bowl has gone from sports event, to America's biggest party, to a week long and very expensive immersive "experience". That includes n...
Feb 12, 2023 Workers prepare the stadium for Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona, U.S., February 11, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
NFL-Indigenous activists to protest Kansas City Chiefs name, 'tomahawk chop'
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Native American groups are expected to protest the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, calling for the AFC champions to drop their name and logo as they take on the Philadelphia Eagles i...
Feb 12, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An employee cleans a large Kansas City Chiefs football helmet that people pose for photos with at The Super Bowl Experience Presented By Lowe's event ahead of the weekend's Super Bowl LV between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa, Florida, U.S., February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Eve Edelheit
U.S. fighter jet shoots down unidentified cylindrical object over Canada
WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) -A U.S. F-22 fighter jet shot down an unidentified cylindrical object over Canada on Saturday, the second such instance in as many days, as North America appeared on edge f...
Feb 12, 2023 A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor, based out of Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, flies alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker during an aerial refueling mission above an undisclosed location, in this undated handout picture released by U.S. Air Force on July 29, 2019. Chris Drzazgowsk/U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS
