Category Archives: National
Bear market beckons as U.S. stock slide deepens
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The stock market's brutal year neared a grim milestone as the S&P 500's slide on Friday threatened to leave it in a bear market for the first time since March 2020, fueled by ...
May 20, 2022 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S. May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Shooting in Chicago's downtown leaves at least two dead, ten injured
(Reuters) - Chicago police arrested a suspect in a fatal shooting that escalated from a fight outside a fast food restaurant and spilled on to a nearby train line, authorities and local media said on ...
May 20, 2022 Police stand at a shooting scene after gunfire erupted on Thursday night outside a McDonald's near the city's Magnificent Mile shopping section, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. May 20, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. Twitter/@DamianChlanda/via REUTERS
Biden Secret Service agents sent home after drunk assault report in S.Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) -Two U.S. Secret Service agents who were working on Joe Biden's trip to Asia are being sent home after one was accused of drunkenly assaulting a South Korean the day before the preside...
May 20, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks Air Force One as he arrives at the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea May 20, 2022. Lee Jin-man/Pool via REUTERS
Biden arrives in S.Korea with first stop at Samsung
OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (Reuters) -President Joe Biden arrived in South Korea on Friday, the first stop on his first trip to Asia as president, where his attempts to counter China's influence and b...
May 20, 2022 South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, with Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, greets U.S. President Joe Biden during a visit to a semiconductor factory at the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek Campus in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Chicago police shoot unarmed 13-year-old boy, suspect in carjacking
(Reuters) - The civilian oversight agency of the Chicago police is investigating an officer's shooting of an unarmed 13-year-old boy who was suspected of having taken part in a carjacking. The boy is ...
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U.S. CDC backs COVID boosters for children 5 to 11
(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday recommended the COVID-19 vaccine booster for children ages 5 to 11 after an advisory panel voted to back them, at least...
May 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Jace Quinones, 7, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 5, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier
'Hell' in Ukraine's Donbas as Russia piles on pressure, warns Zelenskiy
KYIV/SLATYNE, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's industrial Donbas region, the focus of recent Russian offensives, has been destroyed, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said as some of the world's richest coun...
May 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A view shows a plant of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
After delay, Congress sends $40 billion Ukraine aid package to Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate approved nearly $40 billion in aid for Ukraine on Thursday sending the bill to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign into law as Washington races to kee...
May 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) listens during a news conference about legislative efforts to lower gas prices, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Buffalo mass murder suspect makes brief appearance in court
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) -The 18-year-old white man accused of killing 10 people in a livestreamed shooting at a supermarket in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, briefly appeared in court on T...
May 19, 2022 Buffalo shooting suspect, Payton S. Gendron, appears in court accused of killing 10 people in a live-streamed supermarket shooting in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, U.S., May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
U.S. weekly jobless claims rise; continuing claims lowest since 1969
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, but the labor market remains tight amid worker shortages, with the number of Americans on jobless rolls at...
May 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
