Category Archives: National
U.S. Supreme Court sides with doctors challenging opioid convictions
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday made it harder for prosecutors to win convictions of doctors accused of running "pill mills" and excessively prescribing opioids and other addictive drugs ...
Jun 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court is in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/
U.S. Supreme Court endorses football coach's on-field prayers
UPDATED 1:45 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court, in the latest in a spate of decisions expanding religious liberty, ruled on Monday that a Washington state public school district violat...
Jun 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Joe Kennedy, a Christian former public high school football coach in Washington state who sued after being suspended from his job for refusing to stop leading prayers with players on the field after games, poses at Bremerton Memorial Stadium in Bremerton, Washington, U.S. March 15, 2022. Meegan M. Reid/USA Today Network via REUTERS
Airlines cancel nearly 700 U.S. flights as labor crunch weighs
(Reuters) - Airlines canceled nearly 700 flights in the United States early Monday, as they struggled to keep up with a surge in summer travel demand due to a shortage of staff ranging from pilots to ...
Jun 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Travellers wearing masks and not wearing masks wait in line at a security checkpoint at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
G7 to hike sanctions on Russia, nears oil price cap deal
SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (Reuters) -The Group of Seven rich democracies will commit on Tuesday to a new package of coordinated actions meant to raise pressure on Russia over its war in Ukraine, and will...
Jun 27, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, European Council President Charles Michel, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend a working session with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in virtual attendance, during the G7 leaders summit at Bavaria's Schloss Elmau castle, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Pool
Avalanche down Lightning, win Stanley Cup
The Colorado Avalanche are atop the mountain in the NHL for the third time in franchise history. Artturi Lehkonen scored the go-ahead goal with 7:32 remaining in the second period to lift the Avalanch...
Jun 27, 2022 Jun 26, 2022; Tampa, Florida, USA; Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar (8) celebrates with the Stanley Cup after the game against the Tampa Bay Lightning in game six of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final at Amalie Arena. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Ukraine pleads for air defense as Russia turns sights on Lysychansk
KYIV/POKROVSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Western leaders to step up weapons supplies to his country as Russian forces fought to capture Lysychansk, the last big...
Jun 27, 2022 People stand next to cars destroyed by a Russian missile strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, at a residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova
Biden says G7 must stick together as gold sanctions target Putin's 'war machine'
SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden told allies "we have to stay together" against Russia, as world leaders met on Sunday at a G7 summit in the Bavarian Alps that will be domina...
Jun 26, 2022 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, U.S. President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and France's President Emmanuel Macron attend a round table for their first working session of G7 group at Bavaria's Schloss Elmau Castle, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany June 26, 2022. John MacDougall/Pool via REUTERS
Biden signs bipartisan gun safety bill into law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a bipartisan gun safety bill into law, the first major federal gun reform in three decades, days after the Supreme Court expanded gun ...
Jun 25, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden signs S. 2938: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law from the Roosevelt Room at the White House as first lady Jill Biden stands next to him in Washington, U.S., June 25, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Biden says 'cruel' Roe v. Wade decision dangerous to women
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court's decision on Friday to overturn the constitutional right to abortion will deny American women control of their own lives and called on...
Jun 24, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks after the the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
U.S. House passes gun-safety legislation, sends to Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed significant gun-safety legislation for the first time in three decades, sending it to President Joe Biden, who is expected to s...
Jun 24, 2022 U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) appears with gun safety advocates before the House vote on gun safety legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert
