Category Archives: National
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall for second straight week; layoffs tumble in February
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, while layoffs declined sharply in February, indicating that the labor mark...
Mar 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud/File Photo
U.S. Capitol riot panel says Trump may have engaged in 'criminal conspiracy'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday said former President Donald Trump may have engaged in criminal conduct in his...
Mar 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump points out to supporters as he leaves the stage after speaking during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 26, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says defense lines holding against Russian attacks
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's defense lines were holding against the Russian attack, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his latest video on Thursday, adding there had been no respite in Mosco...
Mar 03, 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
Pritzker: Illinois pension systems should not be in business with Russia
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker is asking the state's five pension systems about divesting from any Russian companies. Across the state employee, university and teacher pension systems...
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Texas runoff a show of strength for progressive Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Progressive Democrat Jessica Cisneros' primary challenge to U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas will go to a runoff, a show of strength by the party's left that has invig...
Mar 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Congressional candidate Jessica Cisneros speaks to the media before the "Get Out the Vote Rally" in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., February 12, 2022. REUTERS/Jordan Vonderhaar
More than 2,000 Ukrainian civilians killed during Russian invasion - Ukrainian emergency service
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - The Russian invasion of Ukraine has killed more than 2,000 Ukrainian civilians and destroyed hundreds of structures including transport facilities, hospitals, kindergartens a...
Mar 02, 2022 A man walks through the site of yesterday's blast targeted at the TV tower, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 2, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Anger and disbelief amidst the rubble in Ukraine's Kharkiv
KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - On a residential street in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, debris was strewn all around, blood stained the ground and the bodies of people carried from destroyed homes lay ...
Mar 02, 2022 A view shows the area near the regional administration building, which was hit by a missile according to city officials, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released March 1, 2022. Press service of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service/Handout via REUTERS
Biden rallies Congress behind Ukraine, says Putin has 'no idea what's coming'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden assailed Russian President Vladimir Putin, barred Russian flights from American airspace and led Democratic and Republican lawmakers in a rare display o...
Mar 01, 2022 US President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union Address before lawmakers in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., March 1, 2022. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via REUTERS
Baseball-MLB and players fail to reach labor agreement, league cancels games
(Reuters) -Major League Baseball (MLB) and its players union failed to reach a labor agreement by the league's Tuesday deadline and as a result, MLB has cancelled the first two series of the regular s...
Mar 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Jun 29, 2021; Chicago, Illinois, USA; General view of fans watching a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins during the third inning at Guaranteed Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports
Trump appeals ruling requiring that he testify in New York probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Monday appealed a judge's ruling that he answer questions under oath in a civil probe by New York's attorney general into the former U.S. president's business prac...
Mar 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 26, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
