Category Archives: National
Bank of America CFO says loan books show no sign of recession
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bank of America Corp's Chief Financial Officer Alastair Borthwick said on Monday that its loan portfolio was not showing any signs of a looming recession. "There's this question of...
Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A Bank of America logo is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
Former Trump campaign manager drops out of Jan. 6 'Big Lie' hearing
WASHINGTON(Reuters) -The second hearing of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was delayed on Monday when one of the witnesses - former President Don...
Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Chairman U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Vice Chair U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY), U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), U.S. Representative Elaine Luria (D-VA), U.S. Representative Pete Aguilar (D-CA) and U.S. Representative Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) participate in the public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Pfizer COVID vaccines safe and effective for small children, FDA staff say
(Reuters) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff reviewers on Sunday said Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccines were effective and safe for use in children aged 6 months to 4 years. The FDA reviewers...
Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A child reacts while receiving a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Smoketown Family Wellness Center in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Cherry/File Photo
Country singer Toby Keith says he has stomach cancer
(Reuters) - Country music singer Toby Keith on Sunday said he has been battling stomach cancer for the past six months and needs time to "breathe, recover and relax." Keith, 60, announced the diagnosi...
Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Country music singer Toby Keith performs during the Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony in New York, June 18, 2015. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Gun reform deal forged by U.S. senators, with key Republican backing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In a potential breakthrough toward the first significant new U.S. gun law in decades, a bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced an agreement on a framework for a firearm...
Jun 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators hold placards as they take part in the 'March for Our Lives', one of a series of nationwide protests against gun violence, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Members of white nationalist group charged with planning riot at Idaho pride event
(Reuters) - Police in northwest Idaho arrested more than two dozen members of a white nationalist group on Saturday and charged them with planning to stage a riot near a LGBTQ pride event, authorities...
Jun 12, 2022 Police officers guard a group of men, who police say are among 31 arrested for conspiracy to riot and are affiliated with the white nationalist group Patriot Front, after they were found in the rear of a U Haul van in the vicinity of a North Idaho Pride Alliance LGBTQ+ event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U.S. June 11, 2022 in this still image obtained from a social media video. North Country Off Grid/Youtube/via REUTERS
U.S. TV audience for Jan. 6 hearing reaches 20 million
(Reuters) -An estimated 20 million people tuned in to live U.S. television broadcasts of Thursday's hearing by lawmakers probing the 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Nielsen ratings agency said on F...
Jun 11, 2022 An image is seen on a screen as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its first public hearing to reveal the findings of a year-long investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. gasoline average price tops $5 per gallon in historic first
(Reuters) -The price of U.S. gasoline averaged more than $5 a gallon for the first time on Saturday, data from the AAA showed, extending a surge in fuel costs that is driving rising inflation. The nat...
Jun 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People drive along the Governor Alfred E. Driscoll Bridge at the start of the Memorial Day weekend, under rising gas prices and record inflation, in Keasbey, New Jersey, U.S., May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Biden unveils migration plan at Americas summit roiled by division
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and fellow leaders from the Western Hemisphere on Friday rolled out a new set of measures to confront the regional migration crisis, seeking to salvage ...
Jun 10, 2022 Heads of delegation pose for a family photo during the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 10, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake
U.S. annual inflation posts largest gain in nearly 41 years as food, gasoline prices soar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. consumer prices accelerated in May as gasoline prices hit a record high and the cost of food soared, leading to the largest annual increase in nearly 40-1/2 years, suggestin...
Jun 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A customer refuels a vehicle at a Mobil gas station in Beverly Boulevard in West Hollywood, California, U.S., March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Bing Guan
