Category Archives: National
Hurricane Fiona barrels toward Puerto Rico with heavy winds, rain
UPDATED 10:20 A.M. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - The powerful storm Fiona has strengthened into a hurricane as it barrels toward Puerto Rico on Sunday, threatening to slam the U.S. territory with ...
Sep 18, 2022 A small boat tugs a small sailboat to safety as tropical storm Fiona approaches in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico September 17, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo
Biden meets families of Russian-held detainees Griner, Whelan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden met on Friday with families of two Americans being held by Russia, and personally reassured them he is working to gain freedom for the detainees. Biden sat do...
Sep 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO - U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, sits inside a defendants' cage after the court's verdict in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool
Special master examining Trump documents to hold first hearing on Tuesday
(Reuters) - An independent arbiter, known as a special master, appointed to examine the contents of classified documents seized by the FBI from ex-President Donald Trump's Florida estate last month wi...
Sep 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 3, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
The queen's queue: people line up for 16 hours to see coffin
LONDON (Reuters) - People flocked to central London to join a queue to file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth on Saturday, undeterred by a government warning to stay at home to avoid standing in line...
Sep 17, 2022 Britain's King Charles III (L), Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales and Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (R) walk behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, adorned with a Royal Standard and the Imperial State Crown and pulled by a Gun Carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during a procession from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, in London on September 14, 2022. - Queen Elizabeth II will lie in state in Westminster Hall inside the Palace of Westminster, from Wednesday until a few hours before her funeral on Monday, with huge queues expected to file past her coffin to pay their respects. DANIEL LEAL/Pool via REUTERS
Queue to see queen's lying-in-state paused as capacity reached
LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - As tens of thousands of people poured into London ahead of Queen Elizabeth's state funeral on Monday, the miles-long queue of mourners waiting to see her lying in state was...
Sep 16, 2022 Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence and Britain's Princess Anne stand solemnly as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland, completes its journey from Balmoral to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain September 11, 2022. Aaron Chown/Pool via REUTERS
Judge rules for Trump, blocks review of seized classified records
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday refused to let the Justice Department immediately resume reviewing classified records seized by the FBI from Donald Trump's Florida estate in an ongoing ...
Sep 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An American flag waves outside the U.S. Department of Justice Building in Washington, U.S., December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Gay marriage bill hits snag in U.S. Senate, no vote until after elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate votes on legislation protecting gay marriage on Thursday were put off until after the Nov. 8 congressional elections, as negotiators failed to win enough Republican ...
Sep 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO - A spectator wears a shirt with the word 'LOVE' on it while watching the San Francisco gay pride parade two days after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage throughout the country in San Francisco, California June 28, 2015. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage
U.S. retail sales increase in August; weekly jobless claims fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rose in August as lower gasoline prices supported spending, but demand is cooling as the Federal Reserve aggressively raises interest rates. Retai...
Sep 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A retail store advertising a full time job on its open door in Oceanside, California, U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake
U.S. railroads reach tentative deal with workers
(Reuters) -Major U.S. railroads and unions representing 115,000 of their workers reached a tentative agreement giving them better pay and improved working conditions, U.S. President Joe Biden said in ...
Sep 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A Union Pacific rail car is parked at the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) Toronto Yard in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada March 20, 2022. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
R. Kelly found guilty on multiple counts in sexual abuse trial, local media reports
CHICAGO (Reuters) -R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty on Wednesday on multiple charges of child pornography and luring underage girls to have sex with him but not guilty of obstructing a 2008 st...
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