Category Archives: National
Grammy-winning rapper Coolio dies in Los Angeles at 59
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Grammy-winning rapper Coolio died on Wednesday after being found unresponsive at a friend's Los Angeles home, the New York Times reported. He was 59. Coolio, born Artis Leon Ive...
Sep 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Singer Coolio performs before a panel discussion on his new Oxygen Network reality series "Coolio's Rules" at the NBC Universal summer 2008 press tour in Beverly Hills, California July 20, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
Trump objects to verifying list of property seized from Florida estate - court filing
(Reuters) - Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are resisting a federal judge's instruction to submit a sworn declaration on whether they believe the government's list of property taken from Tru...
Sep 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home after Trump said that FBI agents raided it, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 15, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
U.S. Senate headed to Thursday passage of stopgap gov't funding bill -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate could pass a temporary government funding bill as soon as Thursday, which would avert partial government shutdowns that otherwise would begin on Saturday, Senate ...
Sep 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. September 27, 2022. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert
Peoria natives waiting out hurricane impacts in Florida
CAPE CORAL, Fla. -- Roughly 2.5 million people in Florida are under some kind of evacuation plan awaiting Hurricane Ian's arrival. Cindy Ardis-Jenkins, a Peoria Native now living in Cape Coral, Florid...
Sep 28, 2022
Opioid crisis cost U.S. nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 -Congressional report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic toll of the opioid addiction and overdose crisis on the United States reached nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 alone and is likely to g...
Sep 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Tablets of the opioid-based Hydrocodone at a pharmacy in Portsmouth, Ohio, June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo
U.S. Congress scrambles to pass stopgap bill to keep government funded
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will take an initial vote on a stopgap spending measure on Tuesday to keep federal agencies running past the end of this week, while Congress continues to negoti...
Sep 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is lit at sunset in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Florida scrambles to prepare as Hurricane Ian churns toward coast
TAMPA (Reuters) - Residents across Florida scrambled to place sandbags around their homes and stockpile emergency supplies on Monday, emptying store shelves as Hurricane Ian spun toward the state carr...
Sep 27, 2022 Alicia Dhall, 18, looks down as her sister Ariana, 8, and local residents fill sandbags, as Hurricane Ian spun toward Florida carrying high winds, torrential rains and a powerful storm surge, at the Al Barnes Park in Tampa, Florida, U.S., September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Oil prices slide $2/bbl; settle at 9-month lows on dollar strength
(Reuters) - Oil prices fell $2 a barrel on Monday, settling at nine-month lows in choppy trade, pressured by a strengthening dollar as market participants awaited details on new sanctions on Russia. B...
Sep 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Model of Oil barrels are seen in front of rising stock graph in this illustration, July 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Florida battens down as Hurricane Ian churns northward
UPDATED 2:15 P.M. TAMPA (Reuters) -Florida residents scrambled to set up sandbags and stockpile emergency supplies on Monday as the state braced for Hurricane Ian, which was expected to bring damaging...
Sep 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Tropical Storm Ian is seen near the coast of Cuba in this satellite image taken September 25, 2022. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. announces $457.5 million civilian aid for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will provide $457.5 million in new civilian security aid for Ukraine, a portion of which will be used to support the government's investigation of atrocities, S...
Sep 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The Ukrainian national flag is seen behind the U.S. national flag during a rally of foreign community members in support of Ukraine amid growing tensions with Russia, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 6, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
