Category Archives: National
'Sopranos' actor Tony Sirico dies at age 79
(Reuters) - Actor Tony Sirico, who played the lovable but murderous gangster Paulie Walnuts on the HBO series "The Sopranos" and was frequently cast in Woody Allen films, died on Friday at age 79, his...
Jul 08, 2022 Actor Tony Sirico arrives for the premiere of HBO's television series "Boardwalk Empire" Season 4 in New York, September 3, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Elon Musk terminates $44 billion Twitter deal
UPDATED 5:42 p.m. (Reuters) -Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world's richest person, said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter because the social me...
Jul 08, 2022 Elon Musk's Twitter profile is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
U.S. job growth beats expectations; unemployment rate holds at 3.6%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth increased more than expected in June and the unemployment rate remained near pre-pandemic lows, signs of persistent labor market strength that give the Federal R...
Jul 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A job seeker leaves the job fair for airport related employment at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
U.S. Supreme Court 'out of control' on abortion ruling, Biden says
UPDATE: 12:16 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was an exercise in "raw political power" and signed an executive ...
Jul 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An abortion rights protester holds a sign as she demonstrates after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women’s Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Miami, Florida, U.S. June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Japan ex-PM Abe dies after being shot while making a speech
NARA, Japan (Reuters) -Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader, died on Friday hours after he was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking a country in wh...
Jul 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Danang, Vietnam November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo
Biden awards medal of freedom to Biles, Rapinoe, late Senator McCain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gymnastics pioneer Simone Biles and twice World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe were among 17 honorees to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House on Thursday from ...
Jul 07, 2022 Cindy McCain is comforted by Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Sandra Lindsay, the first American to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, as U.S. President Joe Biden reads the citation for Senator John McCain’s posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Minneapolis ex-cop Chauvin gets 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd's rights
(Reuters) -Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted last year of murdering George Floyd, was sentenced on Thursday to 21 years in prison on separate federal charges of violating Floy...
Jul 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Men walk by a mural of George Floyd, a man who was killed in 2020 by police officer Derek Chauvin by kneeling on his neck in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the downtown area of Houston, Texas, U.S. May 29, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
'Godfather' actor James Caan has died at age 82
UPDATED 2:23 p.m. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -American actor James Caan, who starred as gangster Sonny Corleone in epic mafia film "The Godfather," has died at age 82, his family said in a statement on Thu...
Jul 07, 2022 Actor James Caan attends a 50th Anniversary screening for "The Godfather" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 22, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci
U.S. basketball player Griner pleads guilty to drugs charges in Russian court
KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) - U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner pleaded guilty in a Russian court on Thursday to drugs charges that could see her face 10 years in prison, a Reuters journalist report...
Jul 07, 2022 U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained in March at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, is escorted before a court hearing in Khimki, outside Moscow, Russia July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
U.S. weekly jobless claims rise; layoffs hit 16-month high in June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week and demand for labor is slowing, with layoffs surging to a 16-month high in June ...
Jul 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
