Category Archives: National
U.S. Supreme Court temporarily keeps in place COVID-era border restrictions on migrants
UPDATED 4:53 P.M. WASHINGTON/CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said COVID-era restrictions set to end this week should temporarily stay in place as a Republican legal c...
Dec 19, 2022 A migrant crosses the Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas as U.S. border cities are bracing for an influx of asylum seekers when COVID-19-era Title 42 migration restrictions are set to end, in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Jordan Vonderhaar
FTX's Bankman-Fried does not yet agree to extradition to United States -court hearing
NASSAU, Bahamas/NEW YORK (Reuters) -A defense lawyer for Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, told a magistrate judge in the Bahamas on Monday that the former billionaire wa...
Dec 19, 2022 The Founder and former CEO of crypto currency exchange FTX Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at the Magistrate Court building in Nassau, Bahamas December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dante Carrer
'All-time classic': Former players blown away by thrilling World Cup final
(Reuters) - Former players came together in acclaiming the World Cup final in Qatar as one of the best ever after Argentina beat France on penalties following a pulsating 3-3 draw. Lionel Messi scored...
Dec 19, 2022 Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Final - Argentina v France - Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar - December 19, 2022 Argentina players celebrate on a bus outside the stadium after winning the World Cup REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
Elon Musk launches poll asking if he should quit as Twitter CEO
(Reuters) - Twitter CEO Elon Musk launched a poll on the social media platform on Sunday asking users whether he should step down as head of the company, adding that he would abide by the poll results...
Dec 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk photo and Twitter logo are seen through magnifier in this illustration taken November 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Trump should face insurrection, obstruction charges, U.S. Capitol riot panel says
UPDATED 2:59 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Monday asked federal prosecutors to charge Donald Trum...
Dec 19, 2022 Members of the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol sit beneath an image showing former President Donald Trump speaking on the telephone with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, as Capitol Hill police officer Harry Dunn, former Metropolitan Police Department officer Michael Fanone, MPD officer Daniel Hodges and U.S. Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell attend the final meeting of the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Three dozen injured when flight to Hawaii hits severe turbulence, reports say
(Reuters) - Some three dozen people were injured, 11 of them seriously, on Sunday when a Hawaiian Airlines flight to Honolulu was hit by severe turbulence, local media reported. Emergency responders t...
Dec 19, 2022 United Airlines flight UA328, carrying 231 passengers and 10 crew on board, returns to Denver International Airport with its starboard engine on fire after it called a Mayday alert, over Denver, Colorado, U.S. February 20, 2021. Hayden Smith/@speedbird5280/Handout via REUTERS
Heating restored in freezing Kyiv - Mayor Klitschko
(Reuters) - Heating has been fully restored to Kyiv after the latest Russian bombardment that targeted water and power infrastructure, the capital's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Sunday. "The city is...
Dec 18, 2022 Municipal workers install a Christmas tree during a heavy fog at the Sofiyska square, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 17, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Exclusive-Sam Bankman-Fried to reverse decision on contesting extradition
(Reuters) - Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to appear in court in the Bahamas on Monday to reverse his decision to contest extradition to the United States, where he faces fra...
Dec 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Sam Bankman-Fried, who founded and led FTX until a liquidity crunch forced the cryptocurrency exchange to declare bankruptcy, is escorted out of the Magistrate Court building after his arrest in Nassau, Bahamas December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Dante Carrer
Peru protests strand sick, hungry tourists in remote town
(Reuters) - Protests triggered by Peru's developing political crisis have stranded dozens of tourists, including children, in a remote mountain town for over 72 hours as locals refuse passage to Boliv...
Dec 17, 2022 Tourists stand next to a bus as they became stranded over ongoing protests against the arrest of former President Pedro Castillo, in Checacupe, Cusco region, Peru December 13, 2022 in this still picture obtained from a social media video. Wilmaris Villarroel/via REUTERS
Father of accused Illinois gunman faces charges in July 4 parade mass shooting
(Reuters) - An Illinois prosecutor has filed felony charges against the father of the man accused of opening fire on a crowd watching a July Fourth parade in Chicago's Highland Park suburb five months...
Dec 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Robert E. Crimo III's mother Denise Pesina and father Robert Crimo Jr. attend a hearing for their son in Lake County court, in Waukegan, Illinois, U.S., August 3, 2022. Nam Y. Huh/Pool via REUTERS
