Category Archives: National
U.S. nears record poultry deaths from bird flu; virus type complicates fight
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A near-record number of U.S. chickens and turkeys have died in this year's outbreak of avian flu, as a different form of the virus than farmers battled before has infected more wil...
Oct 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Chickens feed from a row of feed bins at in Fairmont, North Carolina June 10, 2014. / REUTERS/Randall Hill
Coronavirus pandemic prompts Biden to focus on biological threats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday set in motion a plan to counter biological threats and prepare for the next pandemic after the COVID-19 coronavirus caused more than 1 millio...
Oct 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to deliver remarks on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before receiving a second COVID-19 booster vaccination in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
U.S. condemns 'war crimes' after Russia drone attack hits Kyiv apartment block
KYIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will hold Russia accountable for "war crimes", the White House said on Monday, hours after Russia attacked Ukrainian cities with drones during morning rush...
Oct 17, 2022 Rescuers extract a body from a residential building destroyed by a Russian drone strike, which local authorities consider to be Iranian-made Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 17, 2022. REUTERS/Vadim Sarakhan
U.S. urges 6-month sentence for ex-Trump adviser Bannon over contempt conviction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Monday asked a federal judge to sentence former President Donald Trump's adviser Steve Bannon to six months behind bars, saying he pursued a "bad f...
Oct 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump's White House chief strategist Steve Bannon attends his arraignment at the New York Criminal Courthouse in New York, U.S., September 8, 2022. Steven Hirsch/Pool via REUTERS
Lower-cost U.S. hearing aids go on sale Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major U.S. retailers will begin selling lower-cost hearing aids without a prescription or medical exam under final Biden administration rules that take effect Monday. The Food a...
Oct 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
U.S. screened 2.49 million air passengers Sunday, highest since early 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened 2.49 million air passengers on Sunday, the highest daily number since February 2020. The number was, however, below...
Oct 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Passengers are seen at the Delta Air Lines check in area before their flights at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage
Kanye West to buy social media app Parler
(Reuters) - American rapper Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, has proposed to buy Parler, the social media platform popular among U.S. conservatives, parent Parlement Technologies said on Monday. Nashvi...
Oct 17, 2022 Rapper Kanye West holds his first rally in support of his presidential bid in North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. July 19, 2020. REUTERS/Randall Hill
Russian drones attack central Kyiv, heavy fighting in east Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia attacked the centre of Kyiv during morning rush hour with drones on Monday and shelled other cities around the country, the second time in a week it has unleashed strikes across...
Oct 17, 2022 Smoke rises after a Russian drones strike, which local authorities consider to be Iranian made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Shahed-136, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 17, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Police arrest suspect in California serial killings
(Reuters) - Police in Stockton, California said on Saturday they have arrested a man suspected of killing six people in a string of murders that have rocked the area in Northern California. Thanks to ...
Oct 16, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Biden calls testimony, video from Jan. 6 committee hearing 'devastating'
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden described as "devastating" testimony and video from a Jan. 6 committee hearing two days ago, featuring congressional leaders in tense phone calls w...
Oct 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi are seen on the screen making calls from a secure location on January 6, 2021, in a video shown by the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol during the committee's public hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2022. Jabin Botsford/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
