Category Archives: National
Biden touts falling U.S. budget deficit, attacks Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden Wednesday touted his administration's efforts at reducing the nation's budget deficit, seeking to draw a contrast with Republicans who oversaw growing de...
May 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden salutes as he boards Air Force One to return to Washington from Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Duran Duran, Eminem, Dolly Parton among 2022 Rock Hall inductees
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Eminem, 1980s new wave band Duran Duran and country music legend Dolly Parton are among the performers who will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this ye...
May 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Dolly Parton performs with Linda Perry during a gala event honoring Dolly Parton as the MusiCares person of the year, ahead of the Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. February 8, 2019. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Ukraine says it is 'ready' if Belarus joins Russian war effort
KYIV (Reuters) - Kyiv will be ready if Belarus's armed forces join Russia's war effort in Ukraine, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian State Border Service said on Wednesday. Belarus, a close ally of Rus...
May 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Senkivka checkpoint near the border with Belarus and Russia in the Chernihiv region, Ukraine February 16, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Comedian Dave Chappelle tackled on stage at Hollywood Bowl
(Reuters) - U.S. comedian Dave Chappelle was tackled on stage during his show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, according to multiple U.S. media outlets, citing witnesses at the "...
May 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Dave Chappelle introduces Jay-Z during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. October 30, 2021. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse/File Photo
Gay marriage, other rights at risk after U.S. Supreme Court abortion move
(Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion that would end the recognition of a constitutional right to abortion could imperil other freedoms related to marriage, sexuality and...
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Russia fires more rockets at steel plant, some evacuees reach safety
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russia unleashed rockets on Tuesday on an encircled steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine's last redoubt in the port city, after a ceasefire broke down with some civilians...
May 03, 2022 Smoke rises above a plant of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Schumer says he is aiming to hold vote next week on bill to codify abortion rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats will put forward a bill that will codify abortion rights into law this week, with a vote taking place next week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said at a ...
May 03, 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
U.S. Supreme Court confirms draft ruling overturning abortion rights authentic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday confirmed that a draft ruling indicating the court may overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide was au...
May 03, 2022 Pro-abortion and anti-abortion demonstrators protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito preparing for a majority of the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision later this year, in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Warrant issued for Alabama corrections officer who vanished with jail escapee
(Reuters) - Authorities searching for an escaped murder suspect in Alabama issued an arrest warrant on Monday for the female corrections officer who vanished with him from jail and was initially feare...
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Evacuees from Mariupol steel plant head for Ukrainian-controlled Zaporizhzhia
ZAPORIZHZHIA/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukraine hoped a first column of evacuees from the ruins of a steel works in Russian-occupied Mariupol would reach the city of Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday, and hos...
May 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises above a plant of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo
