Category Archives: National
U.S. bans sales of Juul e-cigarettes, company to seek stay
UPDATED 2:10 p.m. (Reuters) -Sales of Juul e-cigarettes were blocked by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, in a major blow to the once high-flying firm whose products have been tied to...
Jun 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An electronic cigarette device made by JUUL is shown in this picture illustration taken September 14, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake/Illustration
Police chief who delayed assault on Uvalde mass shooter is put on leave
(Reuters) -The Texas school district police chief who has come under withering criticism for the police response to the Uvalde school massacre has been placed on administrative leave by the district a...
Jun 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Uvalde Police Chief Pete Arredondo speaks at a press conference following the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., May 24, 2022. Picture taken May 24, 2022. Mikala Compton/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
Yellowstone partially reopens after historic flooding
(Reuters) - Yellowstone partially reopened under restricted conditions Wednesday after historic flooding forced the entire national park to close on June 13 for the first time in 34 years. According t...
Jun 22, 2022 A view shows rocks sliding down the side of a hill and hitting a car at the North Entrance of Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Montana, U.S. June 12, 2022 in this still image obtained from a social media video released on June 14, 2022. Anne Leppold/via REUTERS
Fox News parent must face defamation lawsuit over election coverage
(Reuters) - A Delaware judge on Tuesday rejected a motion by the parent of Fox News Network to dismiss Dominion Voting Systems Inc's $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit over the network's 2020 presidentia...
Jun 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A Fox News channel sign is seen on a television vehicle outside the News Corporation building in New York City, in New York, U.S. Nov. 8, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/
Quake in Afghanistan is its deadliest in two decades
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Afghanistan's deadliest earthquake in two decades killed at least 920 people near the southeastern city of Khost on Wednesday, officials have said. The country has a long history...
Jun 22, 2022 People carry injured to a helicopter following a massive earthquake, in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, June 22, 2022, in this screen grab taken from a video. BAKHTAR NEWS AGENCY/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. Senate advances first significant gun legislation in decades
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate took an initial step towards passing the country's first major gun-control legislation in decades on Tuesday, galvanized by two mass shootings in a nation that ha...
Jun 22, 2022 U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is questioned by reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2022 REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert
Biden asks Congress to pause gas tax amid record pump prices
UPDATED 11:44 a.m. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress to pass a three-month suspension of the federal gasoline tax to help combat record pump prices and provide tempor...
Jun 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Gas prices over the $8.00 mark are advertised at a Chevron Station in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
Bill Cosby found liable in civil case for sexual assault in 1975
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Reuters) -A California jury on Tuesday found comedian Bill Cosby was liable for sexually assaulting a woman at the Playboy Mansion in 1975 when she was a teenager. The jury award...
Jun 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Bill Cosby reacts outside his house after Pennsylvania's highest court overturned his sexual assault conviction and ordered him released from prison immediately, in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, U.S. June 30, 2021. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski
At Jan. 6 Capitol riot hearing, election officials tell of harassment by Trump supporters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. state election officials on Tuesday recounted how supporters of Donald Trump threatened, insulted and harassed them, sometimes turning up at their homes, after they refused ...
Jun 21, 2022 Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Georgia Secretary of State Chief Operating Officer Gabriel Sterling attend the fourth of eight planned public hearings 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 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Law enforcement response in Uvalde shooting was 'abject failure,' official says
(Reuters) -The law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers was "an abject failure" in which a commander put the lives of officers over those of the ...
Jun 21, 2022 Ricca Amaro, with her parents, Alma and Ramon Amaro, all from San Antonio, visit the memorial for the shooting victims at Robb Elementary School early Saturday morning in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., June 11, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Krantz
