Category Archives: National

Trump, children are ordered to testify in N.Y. attorney general probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge ruled on Thursday that former U.S. President Donald Trump and two of his adult children must answer questions under oath within 21 days in the state attorney gene...
Julia Bradley Feb 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, in Conroe, Texas, U.S., January 29, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo

Rebels announce evacuation from east Ukraine as West says Russia hurtling towards war
MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine said on Friday they planned to evacuate their breakaway region's residents to Russia, a stunning turn in a conflict the West believ...
Cooper Banks Feb 18, 2022

At U.N., U.S. warns Russia planning to attack Ukraine in 'coming days'
UPDATE: 5:25 p.m. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken laid out at the United Nations Security Council on Thursday how Washington believes Russia could seek to invade Ukrai...
Will Stevenson Feb 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about Ukraine during his visit to Nadi, Fiji, February 12, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool/File Photo

Actor Saget's family sues to block public release of death records
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The family of comedian and actor Bob Saget has filed a lawsuit to block Florida officials from publicly releasing photographs and other records from an investigation into his de...
Julia Bradley Feb 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Cast member Bob Saget poses at the premiere for the Netflix television series "Fuller House" at The Grove in Los Angeles, California February 16, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

U.S. and NATO say Russia is building up troops near Ukraine, not withdrawing
UPDATE: 12:13 p.m. MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -The United States and NATO said Russia was still building up troops around Ukraine on Wednesday despite Moscow's insistence it was pulling back, questioning P...
Cooper Banks Feb 16, 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

Rejecting Trump claim, Biden grants Jan. 6 panel access to White House logs -NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden has rejected former President Donald Trump's executive privilege claims and ordered White House visitor logs to be released to the panel investigating the dea...
Julia Bradley Feb 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden walks on the South Lawn of the White House to board Marine One, in Washington, U.S., February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

Pekin High officials respond to student complaints of fights, social media fight videos
PEKIN, Ill. - Administrators at Pekin Community High School took the whole school day Tuesday, before responding to numerous student complaints of frequent fights, made worse by a number of those bein...
Will Stevenson Feb 15, 2022 Instagram via 25 News

Family of woman killed on 'Rust' set sues Alec Baldwin
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The family of a woman killed during filming of the Western "Rust" filed a wrongful death suit against actor Alec Baldwin and others on Tuesday, claiming they disregarded several...
Will Stevenson Feb 15, 2022 Brian Panish, lead attorney for late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins speaks to media next to her picture, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Jury rejects Sarah Palin's claim against NY Times, agreeing with judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. jury on Tuesday ruled against Sarah Palin in her defamation lawsuit against the New York Times over a 2017 editorial that incorrectly linked her to a mass shooting, after th...
Will Stevenson Feb 15, 2022 Sarah Palin, 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor, confers with her attorneys Shane Vogt and Kenneth Turkel on how to respond to a note sent by the jury, after Palin lost her defamation lawsuit trial against the New York Times, at the United States Courthouse in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., February 15, 2022 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg

Nine Sandy Hook families settle liability claims with Remington Arms
(Reuters) - Remington Arms on Tuesday settled liability claims with the families of five adults and four children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, court records showed, the first t...
Julia Bradley Feb 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The sign for the new Sandy Hook Elementary School at the end of the drive leading to the school is pictured in Newtown, Connecticut, U.S. July 29, 2016. The officials unveiled the newly constructed school, built to replace the building torn down after a gunman shot dead 20 young children and six educators in a 2012 massacre. REUTERS/Michelle McLoughlin/File Photo
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