Category Archives: National
Biden cracks down on 'ghost guns' with new rule to tackle gun violence
UPDATED 5:40 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden unveiled a new rule to rein in so-called ghost guns and ban the manufacturing of the untraceable firearms on Monday as the administration fa...
Apr 11, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden clasps hands with high school ghost gun shooting victim Mia Tretta at an event to announce measures by Biden's administration to fight ghost gun crime, at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Kyiv keeps pressure on West to do more as battle looms in Ukraine's east
KYIV/BUZOVA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Sunday it was seeking another round of European Union sanctions against Moscow and more military aid from its allies as it braces for a major Russian o...
Apr 10, 2022 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a news briefing with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 9, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
Will Smith banned from attending Oscars for 10 years after slap
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hollywood's film academy on Friday said its board of governors banned Will Smith from any of its events, including the Oscars, for 10 years after the best actor winner slapped p...
Apr 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Will Smith (R) hits Chris Rock as Rock spoke on stage during the 94th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 27, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
'We've made it': historic Supreme Court pick Jackson lauded at White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's appointee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday celebrated her historic confirmation as the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, saying at an out...
Apr 08, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden walks out of the South Portico of the White House with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and Vice President Kamala Harris as they arrive for a celebration of Judge Jackson?s confirmation as the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
All-private astronaut team lifts off on landmark launch to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) -A SpaceX rocket ship blasted off on Friday carrying the first all-private astronaut team ever launched to the International Space Station (ISS), a flight hailed by indu...
Apr 08, 2022 Axiom's four-man team lifts off, riding atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
Proud Boys senior member to plead guilty to U.S. Capitol riot charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A leader of the far-right Proud Boys is expected to plea guilty on Friday to charges related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a court filing, a victory for prosecu...
Apr 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Members of the far-right group Proud Boys and supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather outside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
Ukraine says Russia deliberately struck railway station used by evacuees
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -At least 39 people were killed and over 300 wounded in a Russian rocket strike on a railway station packed with women, children and elderly trying to flee fighting in east Ukr...
Apr 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy talks during an interview with Reuters after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
U.S. court reinstates Biden federal employee COVID vaccine mandate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court panel on Thursday reinstated President Joe Biden's executive order mandating that federal civilian employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. By a 2-1 vote, ...
Apr 07, 2022 A Los Angeles County Department of Public Health worker administers a dose of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a pop-up clinic at Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport, California, U.S. December 22, 2021. REUTERS/Bing Guan
Senate confirms Jackson as first Black woman on U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court in a milestone for the United States and a victory for Presid...
Apr 07, 2022 U.S. Supreme Court nominee and federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles during a meeting with U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy
United Nations suspends Russia from human rights body over Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday suspended Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council over reports of "gross and systematic violations and abuses of human right...
Apr 07, 2022 Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations delivers remarks during an emergency special session of the U.N. General Assembly on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S. April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
