Category Archives: National
California's Oak Fire spreads uncontained toward Yosemite
(Reuters) -Firefighters deployed air tankers, bulldozers and hand crews to battle a fast-moving wildfire just west of Yosemite National Park on Sunday that suddenly and unpredictably grew into one of ...
Jul 25, 2022 The Oak Fire burns near Darrah in Mariposa County, California, U.S. July 24, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson
Two dead, five wounded in shooting at Los Angeles park
(Reuters) -Two people were shot dead and five others wounded by gunfire at Los Angeles park on Sunday after shooting broke out at an informal car show in the community of San Pedro, the Los Angeles Fi...
Jul 25, 2022 Emergency personnel carry a stretcher following a shooting at Peck Park, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 24, 2022 in this screen grab taken from a handout video. Cat Le Day/Handout via REUTERS
WHO declares global health emergency over monkeypox outbreak
(Reuters) -The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization's highest level of alert, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said o...
Jul 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Test tubes labeled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Ukraine says Russian missiles hit Black Sea port
KYIV (Reuters) -Russian missiles hit infrastructure in Ukraine's port of Odesa on Saturday, a day after Russia and Ukraine signed a deal to reopen Black Sea ports to resume grain exports, the Ukrainia...
Jul 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with government members via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia March 23, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
WWE chief Vince McMahon to retire
(Reuters) - World Wrestling Entertainment Inc's Vince McMahon said on Friday he will retire as the company's chief executive and chairman, barely a month after stepping back from those roles due to an...
Jul 22, 2022 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff / CC
Trump ex-adviser Bannon convicted of contempt of U.S. Congress
UPDATED 2:53 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Steve Bannon, a key associate of former President Donald Trump and an influential figure on the American right, was convicted on Friday of contempt of Congress ...
Jul 22, 2022 Former U.S. President Donald Trump's White House chief strategist Steve Bannon departs after he was found guilty during his trial on contempt of Congress charges for his refusal to cooperate with the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Biden improving as mild COVID symptoms persist, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's symptoms from COVID-19 symptoms have improved, his doctor said on Friday, one day after Biden tested positive for the virus as a highly contagious sub...
Jul 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarkson climate change and renewable energy at the site of the former Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts, U.S., July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Reaction to Ukraine, Russia grain export deal
(Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal on Friday to reopen Ukrainian Black Sea ports for grain exports, raising hopes that an international food crisis aggravated by the Russian invasio...
Jul 22, 2022 U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey July 22, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Man tries to stab New York governor candidate Zeldin on stage
(Reuters) -A man climbed on stage and tried to stab U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin on Thursday as he gave a speech in his run for New York governor, the candidate and authorities said. Zeldin was unhurt ...
Jul 22, 2022 Emergency vehicles and police personnel gather on the scene with Congressman Lee Zeldin present in the background in blue shirt, after an alleged attack on him during his stump speech, in Fairport, New York, United States, July 21, 2022. Ian Winner/Handout via REUTERS
Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot hearings lay blame at Trump's feet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After losing the 2020 election, Donald Trump ignored close allies who told him that his claims of widespread election fraud were untrue, and when the followers who believed his ...
Jul 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A never before seen video of former U.S. President Donald Trump rehearsing a speech, where he refused to admit a day after the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol that the 2020 election was over and that he had lost, is played on a screen during a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
