Category Archives: National
U.S. truckers plan pandemic protest, inspired by Canadian counterparts
ADELANTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Taking a cue from demonstrations that paralyzed Canada's capital city for weeks, U.S. truckers on Wednesday plan to embark on a 2,500-mile cross-country drive towards Wash...
Feb 23, 2022 Truckers and their supporters start to gather before a convoy leaves the following morning bound for the nation's capital to protest against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates, in Adelanto, California, U.S., February 22, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson
Jury to decide if Minneapolis police violated George Floyd's rights
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) - A jury was due to begin deliberating on Wednesday on whether three former Minneapolis police officers deprived George Floyd of his constitutional rights by failing to come ...
Feb 23, 2022 A police vehicle is seen as the Minneapolis Police Department’s fifth precinct remains fenced and barricaded as voters decide whether to abolish the police department and replace it with a new department of public safety in the wake of George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Nicole Neri
It's "technically already an invasion" - Bradley University expert
PEORIA, Ill. -- It is "technically already an invasion" with Russian forces entering parts of eastern Ukraine this week. It's the perspective of Angela Weck, history department faculty member and a Ru...
Feb 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A tank drives during the Union Courage 2022 joint military exercise of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus, at the Brestsky training ground in Brest Region, Belarus, in this still image taken from video released February 11, 2022. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
Update: Ahmaud Arbery's killers convicted on all federal hate-crimes charges
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - The three white men convicted of chasing down and murdering a young Black man, Ahmaud Arbery, as he was out jogging in their suburban Georgia community, were found guilty on...
Feb 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a sign outside the Glynn County Courthouse after the jury reached a guilty verdict in the trial of William "Roddie" Bryan, Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael, charged with the February 2020 death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S., November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
LaHood, other Republicans introduce "NYET Act" to sanction Russia
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A group of Republican lawmakers are proposing sanctions against Russia that have a, perhaps, purposeful name. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap), among other Republicans, have introduced ...
Feb 21, 2022 1470/100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Russia's Putin has broken international law, Britain says
LONDON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin's recognition of breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine is a breach of international law, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. While Jo...
Feb 21, 2022 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson
Biden to prohibit trade, investment with Ukraine breakaway regions -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will issue an executive order soon that will prohibit economic activity between U.S. individuals and the two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine that Russian...
Feb 21, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he departs the Hamilton restaurant where he had lunch with his granddaughters Finnegan Biden, Naomi Biden, and Peter Neal in Washington, U.S., February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Putin orders Russian troops to Ukraine after recognizing breakaway regions
UPDATE: 9:30 p.m. MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of troops to two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine after recognising them as independent on Monday, accel...
Feb 21, 2022 FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia. An Associated Press review shows the idea of Ukrainian interference took root during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, was spread online and then amplified by Putin before some of America’s elected officials made it their truth. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Closing arguments to begin in Ahmaud Arbery U.S. hate-crimes trial
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - With closing arguments set to begin Monday in the trial of three white men accused of federal hate crimes in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black jogger, in sout...
Feb 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a sign outside the Glynn County Courthouse after the jury reached a guilty verdict in the trial of William "Roddie" Bryan, Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael, charged with the February 2020 death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S., November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
Trump's Truth Social app launches on Apple App Store
(Reuters) - Donald Trump's new social media venture, Truth Social, launched late on Sunday in Apple's App Store, potentially marking the former president's return to social media after he was banned f...
Feb 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 28, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
