Category Archives: National
U.S. home sales drop to 12-year low; price growth cools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. existing home sales plunged to a 12-year low in December, but declining mortgage rates raised cautious hope that the embattled housing market could be close to finding a fl...
Jan 20, 2023 A "For Rent, For Sale" sign is seen outside of a home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
U.S. mayors meet in Washington to tackle mental illness, immigration
(Reuters) - Mayors from across the United States gathered in Washington for their annual winter conference this week to tackle major issues facing their cities, with mental health, addiction and mass ...
Jan 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria attends a news conference to launch a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination supersite in San Diego, California, U.S. February 8, 2021. Sandy Huffaker/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Biden has 'no regrets' about handling of classified documents
APTOS, Calif. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he has "no regrets" about his handling of classified documents found at his home and former office and that he believes the matter wi...
Jan 20, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks while California's Governor Gavin Newsom looks on, as he visits a storm-damaged area in Seacliff State Park, California, U.S., January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Mills
Abortion opponents push post-Roe agenda at annual Washington march
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of abortion opponents plan to rally in Washington on Friday for the 50th annual "March for Life," marking a new chapter for a movement that has organized for decades a...
Jan 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Anti abortion activists demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Google parent to lay off 12,000 workers in latest blow to tech sector
(Reuters) - Google's parent Alphabet Inc is eliminating about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, the company said Friday, in the latest cuts to shake the technology sector. Sundar Pichai, Alphabet's...
Jan 20, 2023 A woman passes the logo from the web search engine provider Google during the digital society festival 're:publica', at the Arena Berlin in Berlin, Germany June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
Singer-songwriter David Crosby dead at age 81
UPDATED 5:51 P.M. (Reuters) - David Crosby, one of the most influential rock singers of the 1960s and '70s with the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) has died at the age of 81, Variety...
Jan 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: 62nd Grammy Awards – Arrivals – Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 26, 2020 – David Crosby. REUTERS/Mike Blake
T-Mobile says investigating data breach affecting 37 million accounts
(Reuters) -U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile said on Thursday it was investigating a data breach that potentially affected 37 million accounts. The company said it identified malicious activity on Jan. 5...
Jan 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A T-Mobile logo is seen on the storefront door of a store in Manhattan, New York, U.S., April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
U.S. Supreme Court report fails to identify abortion ruling leak culprit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday released a report on the May 2022 leak of a draft version of its blockbuster ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that had legalize...
Jan 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Abortion rights campaigners participate in a demonstration following the leaked Supreme Court opinion suggesting the possibility of overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, in Washington, U.S., May 14, 2022. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
New FTX chief says bankrupt crypto exchange could restart - WSJ
(Reuters) - Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is looking into the possibility of reviving its business, Chief Executive Officer John Ray told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. Ray, who took over the rei...
Jan 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The logo of FTX is seen at the entrance of the FTX Arena in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 12, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Baldwin charged in 'Rust' shooting, others indicted
(Reuters) - A New Mexico prosecutor on Thursday charged actor Alec Baldwin and others in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the filming of Western "Rust." District Attorney M...
Jan 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Alec Baldwin attends the 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala in New York City, U.S., December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
