Category Archives: National
U.S. Supreme Court leans toward web designer with anti-gay marriage stance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy on Monday toward an evangelical Christian web designer whose business refuses to provide services for same-sex marriage...
Dec 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The sun sets on the U.S. Supreme Court building after a stormy day in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Senate candidates make last pitch in Georgia midterm election runoff
CUMMING, Ga. (Reuters) - With Republican influence in the U.S. Senate on the line, two dozen party faithful gathered in an Atlanta suburb on Sunday for the final stretch of a get-out-the-vote effort a...
Dec 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock takes a selfie with attendees as he campaigns ahead of the U.S. Senate run-off election in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. December 1, 2022. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
North Carolina county placed under curfew after power station attack, FBI investigating
(Reuters) -Residents of a central North Carolina county faced a second night of freezing weather without power on Sunday after vandals opened fire on two electric substations in what authorities calle...
Dec 05, 2022 Duke Energy personnel work to restore power at a crippled electrical substation after the Moore County Sheriff said that vandalism caused a mass power outage, in Carthage, North Carolina, U.S. December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake
George Clooney, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, U2 receive Kennedy Center Honors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Actor George Clooney, singer-songwriter Amy Grant, singer Gladys Knight, composer Tania Len and rock group U2 were celebrated on Sunday for their contributions to the arts at a W...
Dec 05, 2022 Kennedy Center honorees U2 band member Bono greets Cuban-born American composer, conductor and educator Tania Leon during a reception for Kennedy Center honorees ahead of the official gala at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 3, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Chinese astronauts return to earth after 'successful' six-month mission
BEIJING (Reuters) - Three Chinese astronauts landed back on earth on Sunday on board the re-entry capsule of the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft, state broadcaster CCTV reported, bringing to an end a six-month...
Dec 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Rocket launch at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China October 16, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Depay on target as Netherlands beat U.S. 3-1 to reach quarter-finals
DOHA (Reuters) - The Netherlands became the first country into the World Cup quarter-finals as they beat the United States 3-1 at the Khalifa International Stadium on Saturday. A 10th-minute effort by...
Dec 03, 2022 Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Round of 16 - Netherlands v United States - Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar - December 3, 2022 Netherlands' Jurrien Timber and Memphis Depay celebrate their third goal scored by Denzel Dumfries REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Kherson officials ease river crossings from Russian-held territory
KYIV (Reuters) - Officials in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson announced on Saturday they would help citizens evacuate from parts of Russian-occupied territory on the east bank of the Dnipro R...
Dec 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The governor of Kherson region, Yaroslav Yanushevych, speaks to a soldier in Kherson?s Freedom Square, in Kherson, Ukraine, November 16, 2022. Ed Ram/pool via REUTERS
Soccer-U.S. coach Berhalter hoping to draw on Dutch lessons in last 16 tie
AL RAYYAN, Qatar (Reuters) -United States coach Gregg Berhalter said he will look to draw on the lessons he learnt in the Netherlands during his playing career when the two teams meet on Saturday for ...
Dec 03, 2022 Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - United States Training - Al Gharafa SC Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar - December 2, 2022 U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter during training REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari
Beijing, Shenzhen loosen more COVID curbs as China fine-tunes policy
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Beijing residents on Saturday cheered the removal of COVID-19 testing booths while Shenzhen said it would no longer require commuters to present test results to travel, as an easin...
Dec 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Pandemic prevention workers in protective suits get ready to enter an apartment building that went into lockdown as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue in Beijing, December 2, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
Biden trial balloon to Putin on Ukraine appears to quickly pop
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden floated a trial balloon to President Vladimir Putin intended to determine whether Russia, after months of battlefield losses and stalled gains, is ready to en...
Dec 02, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks prior to signing railroad legislation into law, providing a resoluton to avert a nationwide rail shutdown, during a signing ceremony in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 2, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
