Category Archives: National
U.S. Democrats unveil bill to address baby formula shortage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a bill to provide $28 million in emergency funds to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help it respond to a nationwide shortage of...
May 17, 2022 U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) walks to a news conference to unveil a bill to provide $28 million in emergency funds to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help it respond to a nationwide shortage of infant formula and strengthen supervision of the industry, at the U.S., Capitol in Washington, U.S., May 17, 2022. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson
Where's the beef? McDonald's, Wendy's are sued over burger sizes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Justin Chimienti thought the Big Mac he bought at McDonald's and the Bourbon Bacon Cheeseburger he bought at Wendy's would be as big and juicy as advertised. He says they were not...
May 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The McDonald's logo is seen outside the fast-food chain McDonald's in New York, U.S., October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Dallas hair salon shooting suspect had delusions about Asians, police say
(Reuters) -A Dallas man suspected of shooting three women in the city's Koreatown neighborhood last week harbored delusions about Asian people, police officials said on Tuesday, as the FBI launched a ...
May 17, 2022 An image shows the suspect in the shooting at the Hair World Salon in Dallas on May 11, 2022. Dallas Police/via REUTERS
Kasper: Omicron subvariant responsible for recent rise in COVID cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- New York and California are seeing a significant rise of COVID-19 cases, as a subvariant of Omicron keeps popping up. Infectious Disease specialist Dr. Doug Kasper, with the University...
May 17, 2022 Midwest Communications
Five U.S. midterm primaries to watch in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Idaho
(Reuters) - Voters in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Idaho and Kentucky hold nominating primaries on Tuesday in which voters will pick their parties' candidates for the U.S. Congress and other offices,...
May 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Madison Cawthorn speaks during a rally hosted by former U.S. President Donald Trump in Selma, North Carolina, U.S. April 9, 2022. REUTERS/Erin Siegal McIntyre
Biden calls on Americans to reject 'poison' of white supremacy
UPDATED 5:10 p.m. BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned white supremacy, the media, the internet and politics for spreading racist conspiracy theories as he mourned th...
May 17, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks, after paying respects and meeting with victims, family, first responders and law enforcement who were affected by the mass shooting committed by a gunman authorities say was motivated by racism, at Delavan Grider Community Center in Buffalo, NY, U.S. May 17, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
U.S. official says Pentagon committed to understanding UFO origins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two top U.S. defense intelligence officials said on Tuesday the Pentagon is committed to determining the origins of what the government calls "unidentified aerial phenomena" in t...
May 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A parking sign at the Little A'Le'Inn as an influx of tourists responding to a call to 'storm' Area 51, a secretive U.S. military base believed by UFO enthusiasts to hold government secrets about extra-terrestrials, is expected in Rachel, Nevada, U.S. September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
California church shooter upset over Taiwan-China tensions -police
(Reuters) -The man accused of killing a doctor and wounding five other people in a shooting at a Taiwanese-American church banquet in California methodically planned the attack because he was upset ov...
May 17, 2022 A police car is seen after a deadly shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California, U.S. May 15, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson
Amber Heard says she feared she would not survive Johnny Depp marriage
(Reuters) -"Aquaman" actor Amber Heard told jurors in a defamation case on Monday that she filed for divorce from Johnny Depp in 2016 because she worried she would not survive physical abuse by him. U...
May 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Actor Amber Heard returns to the courtroom after lunch break at Fairfax County Circuit Court during a defamation case against her by ex-husband, actor Johnny Depp, in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S., May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/Pool
Sweden's plans for NATO membership hit snag as Turkey says no
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden will formally apply for NATO membership in the next few days, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Monday, but its accession process, and that of Finland, hit a snag ...
May 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist speaks during a news conference at the military base in Adazi, Latvia April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
