Category Archives: National
Jackson, Mississippi, to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely
(Reuters) - Jackson, Mississippi, will go without reliable drinking water indefinitely, officials said on Monday, after pumps at the main water treatment plant failed, leading to the emergency distrib...
Aug 30, 2022 (Reuters) -- Roads and fields near Pearl River in Ridgeland, Mississippi, remained flooded on Monday (August 29) following water discharges from Barnett Reservoir over the weekend.
China dismisses Taiwan complaints on drone harassment
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China on Monday dismissed complaints from Taiwan about repeated harassment by Chinese drones very close to Taiwanese-controlled islands as not anything "to make a fuss about"...
Aug 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: China's foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian speaks during a news conference in Beijing, China March 18, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo
NASA delays debut Artemis flight of new moon rocket after engine cooling issue
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) -An engine-cooling problem forced NASA on Monday to postpone for at least four days the debut test launch of the colossal new rocketship it plans to use for future astro...
Aug 29, 2022 NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen at sunrise atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, as the Artemis I launch teams load more than 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellants including liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as the launch countdown progresses at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 29, 2022. Joel Kowsky/NASA/Handout via REUTERS
White House: Intelligence review of Trump document risk is 'appropriate'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Monday said it is "appropriate" that the U.S. intelligence community is reviewing potential national security risks if former President Donald Trump took ultra...
Aug 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines speaks during a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) to the Office of Director of National Intelligence in McLean, Virginia, U.S., July 18, 2022. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS
NASA postpones debut test flight of next-generation moon megarocket
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) -NASA on Monday postponed for at least four days the launch of its colossal next-generation rocketship on a long-awaited debut test flight, a planned six-week uncrewed v...
Aug 29, 2022 NASA's Orion crew module for the Artemis 3 mission stands in the Operations and Checkout Building during a media tour at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 28, 2022. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
U.S. judge indicates intent to name special master in Trump FBI search
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Saturday said it was her "preliminary intent" to grant former President Donald Trump's request to appoint a special master to oversee a review of materials seize...
Aug 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump departs Trump Tower for a deposition two days after FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago Palm Beach home, in New York City, U.S., August 10, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
Popes who resign are humble, Francis says in central Italy visit
L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Francis, who has often said he may step down in the future if bad health impedes him from leading the Catholic Church, on Sunday praised the humility of one of the few...
Aug 28, 2022 Pope Francis pauses as he meets the faithful gathered at Piazza Duomo in L'Aquila, Italy August 28, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli REFILE - CORRECTING INFORMATION
Ukraine on edge as Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, nearby towns shelled
KYIV (Reuters) -Russian artillery fired at Ukrainian towns across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant overnight, local officals said on Sunday, adding to residents' anguish as reports ...
Aug 28, 2022 A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
U.S. Justice Dept says Trump papers included material on intelligence, sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Friday disclosed that it was investigating former President Donald Trump for removing White House records because it believed he illegally held doc...
Aug 27, 2022 Pages of entirely redacted information are seen in the released version of an affidavit from the U.S. Justice Department that was submitted to a federal judge to support the execution of a search warrant by the FBI at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate after the affidavit was released to the public by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida with more than half the information in the document redacted in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 26, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
U.S. Justice Dept. releases redacted document that underpins Trump search
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Friday released a redacted version of the legal document that allowed the FBI to seize classified government records from former President Donald T...
Aug 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort is seen in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
