Category Archives: National
U.S. Justice Department appeals transportation mask ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday appealed a judge's ruling ending a mask mandate on public transportation and airplanes, a spokesman said, after the Centers for Disease C...
Apr 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Travellers wearing masks and not wearing masks wait in line at a Delta Airlines counter, after a federal judge in Florida struck down the CDC's public transportation masking order due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) prevention efforts, at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Johnny Depp testifies that ex-wife bullied him, turned violent
(Reuters) -Actor Johnny Depp, testifying in a defamation case against his former wife Amber Heard, said on Wednesday that she was the one who became violent when their relationship soured, at one poin...
Apr 20, 2022 Actor Johnny Depp testifies, as a picture of an injury to his face is seen on a screen, during his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S., April 20, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool
U.S. top diplomat Blinken seeks cooperation on migration at Panama summit
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called for more regional cooperation to help communities strained by inflows of refugees and migrants, as he sought to rally...
Apr 20, 2022 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks next to Panamanian Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes during a news conference on the Ministerial Conference on Migration and Protection in Panama City, Panama, April 20, 2022. Brendan Smialowski/Pool via REUTERS
Intruder at Peruvian ambassador's house fatally shot by Secret Service
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secret Service officers fatally shot an intruder at the Peruvian ambassador's residence after a confrontation on Wednesday morning following an apparent break-in attempt, au...
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Biden hosts military chiefs as Ukraine crisis intensifies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will convene top U.S. military leaders on Wednesday in an annual White House gathering that takes on special significance as the war in Ukraine enters a risk...
Apr 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on infrastructure projects at the Portsmouth Port Authority in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S. April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Biden administration will appeal lifting of mask mandate, if CDC agrees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's administration said on Tuesday it would appeal a judge's ruling ending a mask mandate on airplanes if public health officials deem it necessary to stem...
Apr 20, 2022 People without masks arrive to the counter for check in at La Guardia Airport after the Biden administration announced it would no longer enforce a U.S. coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mask mandate on public transportation, following a federal judge's ruling that the 14-month-old directive was unlawful, in New York, U.S., April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Russia launches 'Battle of Donbas' all-out assault on east Ukraine
KYIV/KHARKIV (Reuters) - Russia launched its long-awaited all-out assault on east Ukraine on Tuesday, seizing its first town after unleashing thousands of troops in what Ukraine has described as the B...
Apr 19, 2022
Ukraine receives 76 Ukrainan prisoners of war in swap with Russia
(Reuters) - Russia handed over 60 soldiers and 16 civilians to Ukraine in an exchange of prisoners of war, the Ukrainian deputy prime minister said on Tuesday. "This was the fifth exchange of prisoner...
Apr 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, in charge of negotiating prisoner swaps and humanitarian corridors with Russia, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kyiv, Ukraine April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
U.S. arrests 210,000 migrants at Mexico border in March, rivaling record highs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. border authorities arrested 210,000 migrants attempting to cross the border with Mexico in March, the highest monthly total in two decades and underscoring challenges in th...
Apr 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO - Asylum-seeking migrants walk out of the Rio Bravo river after crossing it to turn themselves in to U.S Border Patrol agents to request asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
U.S. will no longer enforce mask mandate on airplanes, trains after court ruling
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) -The Biden administration will no longer enforce a U.S. mask mandate on public transportation, after a federal judge in Florida on Monday ruled that the 14-month-old direc...
Apr 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Travelers wearing protective face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reclaim their luggage at the airport in Denver, Colorado, U.S., November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
