Category Archives: National
NYC mayor declares state of emergency amid migrant busing crisis
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency on Friday in response to the thousands of Latin American migrants bused to the city in recent months from the U.S. sou...
Oct 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to attendees while they take part in the New York Democrats for Election Night Watch Party with Governor Kathy Hochul and Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado during New York primary election 2022 in New York, U.S., June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
U.S. job growth solid in September; unemployment rate falls to 3.5%
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - U.S. employers hired more workers than expected in September, while the unemployment rate dropped to 3.5%, pointing to a tight labor market which keeps the Federal Reserve on its...
Oct 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian passes a "Help Wanted" sign in the door of a hardware store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Human rights campaigners of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine win Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO (Reuters) -Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian organization Memorial and Ukrainian group Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, highlighting the sign...
Oct 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, founder of the organisation Viasna (Belarus), receives the 2020 Right Livelihood Award at the digital award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden December 3, 2020. Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency/via REUTERS
Biden cites Cuban Missile Crisis in describing Putin's nuclear threat
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons threatens to bring about the biggest such risk since the Cuban Missile Crisis, addin...
Oct 06, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks following a tour of IBM in Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S., October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
At least six people stabbed, one fatally, outside Las Vegas casino
(Reuters) - At least six people were stabbed on Thursday, one of them fatally, outside a Las Vegas casino, city police said. The stabbing attack, along a stretch of South Las Vegas Boulevard known as ...
Oct 06, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Biden overhauls U.S. policy on marijuana, pardons prior federal offenses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday took executive action to change U.S. policy on marijuana, pardoning all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession. "There are thousand...
Oct 06, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden listens to a guest doctor speak during a meeting of the Reproductive Healthcare Access Task Force in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Shooter contained in Dearborn, Michigan hotel, one hurt; police negotiating
UPDATED 2:49 P.M. (Reuters) -A shooter armed with a rifle opened fire inside a hotel in Dearborn, Michigan on Thursday, injuring at least one person, and police said they contained the suspect inside ...
Oct 06, 2022 Midwest Communications
Biden says he is evaluating alternatives after disappointing OPEC+ decision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden expressed disappointment on Thursday over announced plans by OPEC+ nations to cut oil output and said the United States was looking at its alternatives....
Oct 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to media as he tours areas damaged by Hurricane Ian during a visit to Florida, in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, U.S., October 5, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
California family kidnapped on Monday found dead, Sheriff says
(Reuters) -Four members of a California family, including an 8-month-old girl, were found dead in a rural area on Wednesday after they were abducted in the city of Merced on Monday, authorities said. ...
Oct 06, 2022 A Merced County Sheriff's Office poster shows the four family members kidnapped from central California, U.S. in this handout released on October 4, 2022. Merced County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. weekly jobless claims increase more than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased more than expected last week, but the labor market remains tight even as demand for labor is coolin...
Oct 06, 2022 People line up outside Kentucky Career Center prior to its opening to find assistance with their unemployment claims in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston
