Category Archives: National
U.S. to impose mandatory COVID-19 tests for travelers from China
CHICAGO (Reuters) -The United States will impose mandatory COVID-19 tests on travelers from China, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday, joining India, Italy, Japan and Taiwan in taking new measure...
Dec 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Medical staffs work at a hospital, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue in Shanghai, China, December 22, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
Southwest flight upheaval a 'system failure,' U.S. says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday ratcheted up pressure on Southwest Airlines, saying thousands more canceled flights indicated a system failure at the lo...
Dec 28, 2022 Travelers at Baltimore Washington International airport deal with the impact of Southwest Airlines canceling more than 12,000 flights around the Christmas holiday weekend across the country and in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy
Accused Paul Pelosi attacker pleads not guilty to state charges
(Reuters) - The Canadian man accused of breaking into the San Francisco home of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and striking her 82-year-old husband, Paul, in the head with a hammer...
Dec 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: David Wayne DePape appears at U.S. District Court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Alex Tse for a hearing on federal charges over the attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 15, 2022 in a courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Vicki Behringer
Former pope Benedict 'very sick', Pope Francis calls for prayers
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Former pope Benedict, a hero to conservative Catholics and who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to step down, is "very sick", his successor Pope Francis said on We...
Dec 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former pope Benedict (R) is greeted by Pope Francis during a ceremony to mark his 65th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood at the Vatican June 28, 2016. Osservatore Romano/Handout via Reuters
Key architect of Michigan governor kidnapping plot sentenced to over 19 years in prison
(Reuters) -A right-wing militia member convicted in the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to over 19 years in prison in a U.S. District Court a day after another ringlead...
Dec 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer reacts during her 2022 U.S. midterm elections night party in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Buffalo, N.Y., digs out from deadly blizzard; warming could bring rain, slush
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) -Storm-weary road crews and residents of western New York state struggled on Tuesday to dig out from a deadly weekend blizzard, with snow still falling and forecasts for rapid ...
Dec 28, 2022 A front loader removes snow from street following a winter storm in Buffalo, New York, U.S., December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario
Southwest cancels thousands more flights; U.S. government vows scrutiny
(Reuters) -Southwest Airlines came under fire from the U.S. government on Tuesday after it canceled thousands of flights, and its boss, Bob Jordan, said the low-cost carrier needed to upgrade its lega...
Dec 28, 2022 Passengers arrive for their flight on Southwest Airlines as flight cancellations mount during a cold weather front as a weather phenomenon known as a bomb cyclone hits the Upper Midwest, at Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. December 22, 2022. REUTERS/Matt Marton
Trump tax returns to be released by U.S. House panel on Friday
(Reuters) -Former Republican President Donald Trump's redacted tax returns will be made public on Friday, a spokesperson for the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee said on Tuesday....
Dec 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, U.S., February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
U.S. Supreme Court leaves pandemic-era border restrictions in place, takes up case
UPDATED 3:46 p.m. (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place for the time being a pandemic-era order allowing U.S. officials to rapidly expel migrants caught at the U.S.-Mexico border ...
Dec 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Migrants run to hide from the U.S. Border Patrol and Texas State Troopers after crossing into the United States from Mexico, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., December 23, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Embattled Republican Santos faces new heat over 'Jew-ish' heritage claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative-elect George Santos, a New York Republican who this week acknowledged lying about his education and employment history while running for Congress, faced fresh...
Dec 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative-elect George Santos, a New York Republican who acknowledged lying about his education and employment history while running for Congress, appears in an undated still image from a political campaign video in New York, U.S. George Santos campaign/Handout via REUTERS
