Category Archives: National
As U.S. House speaker fight drags on, Republican holdout votes for Trump
UPDATED 12:52 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A day after Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives rejected Donald Trump's plea to support Kevin McCarthy's campaign for speaker, one of McCarthy's ...
Jan 05, 2023 Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) casts his vote for Speaker of the House for former U.S. President Donald Trump as he stands next to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) during a 7th round of voting for Speaker of the House on the third day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Russian patriarch calls for Orthodox Christmas truce in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, called on Thursday for both sides of the war in Ukraine to observe a Christmas truce, a step dismissed by Kyiv as...
Jan 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducts a service in a church in Moscow, Russia November 18, 2022. REUTERS/Yulia Morozova/File Photo
NFL-Bills' Hamlin showing "remarkable improvement", say doctors
(Reuters) - Damar Hamlin showed "remarkable improvement" over the past 24 hours but remains critically ill, the Buffalo Bills said on Thursday, after the 24-year-old safety suffered cardiac arrest on ...
Jan 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Jan 2, 2023; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Buffalo Bills linebacker Tremaine Edmunds (49) and cornerback Cam Lewis (39) and cornerback Siran Neal (33) react to the life threatening injury sustained by safety Damar Hamlin (not pictured) during the first quarter against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports
Pope Francis leads Benedict's funeral as supporters seek sainthood
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis presided at the funeral of former Pope Benedict on Thursday, delivering a homily comparing his predecessor to Jesus before tens of thousands of mourners, including...
Jan 05, 2023 The coffin of former Pope Benedict is carried during his funeral, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Rivian misses goal for 2022, but just barely
NORMAL, Ill. -- Rivian Automotive fell just short of its production goal of 25,000 electric vehicles at its plant in Normal during 2022, but production and vehicle deliveries picked up in the fourth q...
Jan 05, 2023 (25 News)
After two days of failure, U.S. House Republicans to try again to pick a leader
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will try for a third day on Thursday to select a leader after six failed votes have highlighted internal divisions and raised qu...
Jan 04, 2023 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives gather for a fourth round of voting for a new House Speaker on the second day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 4, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. House rejects Kevin McCarthy a sixth time despite Trump unity plea
UPDATED 2:39 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives, mired in a chaotic leadership battle, rejected Republican Kevin McCarthy's bid to lead the chamber three more times on Wednes...
Jan 04, 2023 U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) watches and listens as a fourth round of voting for a new Speaker of the House fails to elect him Speaker on the second day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 4, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
FDA allows abortion pills to be sold at retail pharmacies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will allow retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills in the United States for the first time, the agency said on Tuesday, even as more...
Jan 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A pack of Mifeprex pills, used to terminate early pregnancies, is displayed in this picture illustration taken May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/Illustration
Southwest Airlines is sued for not providing refunds after meltdown
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Southwest Airlines has been sued by a passenger who said it failed to provide refunds to passengers left stranded when an operational meltdown led the carrier to cancel more than 1...
Jan 04, 2023 The departures board is overwhelmed with delayed and cancelled flights after U.S. airlines, led by Southwest, canceled thousands of flights due to a massive winter storm which swept over much of the country before and during the Christmas holiday weekend, at Dallas Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas, U.S., December 28, 2022. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber
U.S. House Republicans face showdown over McCarthy's speaker bid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Kevin McCarthy's bruising quest to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives will enter a second day on Wednesday, with the party's new majority fractured b...
Jan 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talks to reporters as he arrives on the first day of the new Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
