Category Archives: National
Minneapolis police officer convicted in George Floyd's death awaits federal sentencing
(Reuters) - Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is due to be sentenced in federal court on Thursday for violating the civil rights of George Floyd, a year after a state court sent him to p...
Jul 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill presides over the sentencing hearing for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin (L), found guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 25, 2021 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Police missed chance to shoot Uvalde gunman before massacre
(Reuters) - An Uvalde police officer awaiting a supervisor's permission to fire his rifle missed a chance to take out a school shooter who went on to massacre 19 children and two teachers, according t...
Jul 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Stephanie and Michael Chavez of San Antonio pay their respects at a makeshift memorial outside Robb Elementary School, the site of a mass shooting, in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Nuri Vallbona//File Photo
Boris Johnson resigns as British PM
LONDON (Reuters) -Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on Thursday he would quit as British prime minister after he was abandoned by ministers and most of his Conservative lawmakers. Bowing to the i...
Jul 07, 2022 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks at Downing Street in London, Britain July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
VA Police tout quick response in preventing possible mass shooting
(Reuters) - Police in Richmond, Virginia said on Wednesday they thwarted a planned Fourth of July mass shooting in the state capital, after receiving a tip that possibly prevented an attack like the o...
Jul 06, 2022 A man installs memorials after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Biden heads back to Ohio to try to woo blue collar voters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden travels to Ohio on Wednesday and will announce plans to bolster pension plans for millions of Americans in an attempt to woo working class voters frustrated ...
Jul 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a news conference during a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
Guitarist Carlos Santana passes out on stage during U.S. concert
LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran guitarist Carlos Santana passed out on stage at a U.S. concert on Tuesday night after he was overcome by heat exhaustion and dehydration. The Grammy Award winner, 74, was pe...
Jul 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Singer Carlos Santana performs during the "We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert" at Central Park in New York City, New York, U.S., August 21, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Highland Park shooting suspect admits to deadly attack, prosecutor says
UPDATED: July 6, 2022 1:10 p.m. WAUKEGAN, Ill. (Reuters) - The man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens of others at an Independence Day parade outside of Chicago admitted to authoritie...
Jul 05, 2022 Robert (Bob) E. Crimo III, a person of interest in the mass shooting that took place at a Fourth of July parade route in the wealthy Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. is seen in this still image obtained from a social media video. Robert Crimo/via REUTERS
Finland, Sweden sign to join NATO but need ratification
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO's 30 allies signed an accession protocol for Finland and Sweden on Tuesday, allowing them to join the nuclear-armed alliance once parliaments ratify the decision, the most sig...
Jul 05, 2022 Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde and Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto shake hands during a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, after signing their countries' accession protocols at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Fourth of July shooter on rooftop kills 6 in Chicago's Highland Park suburb
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (Reuters) -A gunman perched on a rooftop opened fire on families waving flags and children riding bikes at a Fourth of July parade on Monday, killing six and wounding more than 36 ...
Jul 05, 2022 Police deploy after gunfire erupted at a Fourth of July parade route in the wealthy Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. July 4, 2022 in a still image from video. ABC affiliate WLS/ABC7 via REUTERS
Shooting near Philadelphia concert wounds two police officers
(Reuters) -Two Philadelphia police officers were shot near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway late on Monday as thousands of people celebrated a Fourth of July concert and fireworks show with the crowd sca...
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