Category Archives: National
Cyber Monday sets sales record as shoppers splurge on toys, electronics- report
(Reuters) - Discount-hunting shoppers snapped up more Pokemon cards, TVs and air fryers on Cyber Monday, pushing sales to $11.3 billion, making it the biggest U.S. online shopping day in history, acco...
Nov 29, 2022 Workers select and pack items during Cyber Monday at the Amazon fulfilment centre in Robbinsville Township in New Jersey, U.S., November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
U.S. Supreme Court to hear fight over Biden immigration enforcement policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to consider whether President Joe Biden's administration can implement guidelines - challenged by two conservative-leaning states - shif...
Nov 29, 2022 A migrant who was previously detained gets his legcuffs removed by a transport agent, to then be escorted to Mexico by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, in Laredo, Texas, U.S. June 15, 2022. Picture taken June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Veronica G. Cardenas
White House: U.S. supports Chinese people's right to peaceful protest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday said it supported the Chinese people's right to peacefully protest against COVID-19 lockdowns and it did not see supply chain impacts from the demonstr...
Nov 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A mallard walks along the North Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano erupts for first time in nearly 40 years
(Reuters) -Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, began erupting on Sunday for the first time since 1984, ending its longest quiet period in recorded history. The night sky above Hawa...
Nov 28, 2022 Mauna Loa’s summit region glows during an eruption as viewed by a geologist of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory in Hawaii, U.S. November 28, 2022. USGS/Ken Hon/Handout via REUTERS
Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect pleads guilty to murder
(Reuters) - An avowed white supremacist pleaded guilty on Monday to first-degree murder and other state charges in a mass shooting in May that killed 10 people at a supermarket in a predominantly Blac...
Nov 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Buffalo shooting suspect, Payton Gendron, appears in court accused of killing 10 people in a live-streamed supermarket shooting in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, U.S., May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Chevron can resume key role in Venezuela's oil output, exports
WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) -Chevron Corp on Saturday received a U.S. license allowing the second-largest U.S. oil company to expand its production in Venezuela and bring the South American country's...
Nov 28, 2022 The logo of Dow Jones Industrial Average stock market index listed company Chevron (CVX) is seen in Los Angeles, California, United States, April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
U.S. screened 2.56 million air passengers Sunday, highest since 2019
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it screened 2.56 million air passengers on Sunday, the highest number since December 2019 and the busiest day since the...
Nov 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Travelers navigate through a security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
Two rescued from small plane crash near Washington, authorities say
(Reuters) -Two seriously injured people trapped inside a small plane that crashed into high-voltage power lines near Washington, D.C. and caused mass outages have been rescued, authorities said early ...
Nov 28, 2022 A small airplane hangs about 100 feet (33 metres) above the ground after crashing into an electricity tower in Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S. November 27, 2022 in a still image from video. ABC affiliate WJLA via REUTERS
Shanghai protesters, police jostle as anger over China's COVID curbs mounts
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Hundreds of demonstrators in Shanghai shouted and jostled with police on Sunday evening as protests over China's stringent COVID restrictions flared for a third day followi...
Nov 27, 2022 Workers in protective suits keep watch behind a barrier at a sealed restaurant area, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China, November 26, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
Soccer-England suffer reality check in 0-0 draw with U.S
AL KHOR, Qatar (Reuters) - England suffered a sobering reality check as they were outplayed for long periods by a youthful United States side in a tense 0-0 draw in their second World Cup Group B game...
Nov 25, 2022 Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Group B - England v United States - Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar - November 25, 2022 England's Harry Kane heads at goal REUTERS/Peter Cziborra
