Category Archives: National
Ohio city Akron imposes curfew after protests over police killing of Black man
(Reuters) -The Ohio city of Akron declared a state of emergency on Monday, setting a curfew and canceling Independence Day fireworks, after protests over the police killing of an unarmed Black man tur...
Jul 04, 2022 An Akron Police officer runs towards the vehicle of Black man Jayland Walker just before he exited and ran from the car and was then shot to death by up to eight officers, in Akron, Ohio, U.S. June 27, 2022 in a still image from police body camera video. City of Akron/Handout via REUTERS
No indication Danish mall shooting was 'act of terror' - police
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -A shooting in a Copenhagen shopping mall which left three people dead and several wounded could not be viewed as an "act of terror" based on current evidence, Danish police said ...
Jul 04, 2022 People embrace outside Field's shopping centre, after Danish police said they received reports of a shooting at the site, in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 3, 2022. Ritzau Scanpix/Olafur Steinar Gestsson via REUTERS
Video shows Ohio officers killed unarmed Black man in hail of bullets
AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) -Video released on Sunday showed eight police officers in Akron, Ohio, were involved in a shooting that killed an unarmed Black man whose body was found with some 60 gunshot woun...
Jul 04, 2022 Demonstrators protest against the Akron police shooting death of Black man Jayland Walker in Akron, Ohio, U.S. July 3, 2022. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse
Cheney: Jan. 6 panel could make multiple criminal referrals of Trump
(Reuters) -The congressional panel investigating last year's attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters could make multiple referrals to the Justice Department seeking criminal charges ag...
Jul 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Committee Vice Chair Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) talks with Cassidy Hutchinson, who was an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, after Hutchinson concluded her testimony 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., June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Texas, Ohio top courts allow abortion bans to take effect
(Reuters) -The top courts in Texas and Ohio on Friday allowed the Republican-led states to enforce restrictions and bans on abortions after the U.S. Supreme Court last week overturned the nationwide c...
Jul 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Abortion rights activists march past the home of United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Biden predicts states will try to arrest women who travel for abortions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden predicted on Friday that some U.S. states will try to arrest women for crossing state lines to get abortions after the Supreme Court overturned the constituti...
Jul 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One to depart for Washington from Madrid Torrejon Airport, Madrid, Spain, June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Analysis-Flight delays, cancellations mar U.S. summer travel
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Persistent staffing shortages, fewer flights and booming demand have cast a shadow on the busy July Fourth holiday weekend and the entire summer travel season. AAA predicts 47.9 mi...
Jul 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Passengers are seen at the Delta Air Lines check in area before their flights at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo
Manchin, Sinema dash Biden hopes for filibuster change on abortion rights
MADRID/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday proposed that U.S. senators remove a legislative roadblock to restoring abortion rights that were taken away by the Supreme Court last week...
Jul 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden holds a news conference before departing the NATO summit at the IFEMA arena in Madrid, Spain, June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner stands trial at Russian court
KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) -U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial in a court on the outskirts of Moscow on Friday to face drug charges that could see her face up to 10 years in prison. The ...
Jul 01, 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 1, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
U.S. Supreme Court throws out rulings that invalidated abortion laws
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court, in the aftermath of its decision last week to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, on Thursday threw out lower co...
Jun 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An abortion rights supporter holds up a protest sign in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
