Category Archives: National
OLYMPICS: Russian teen figure skater Valieva dominates the ice despite doping scandal
BEIJING (Reuters) - Russian teenager Kamila Valieva dominated the ice on Tuesday night, fighting back tears as she completed a skate that put her at the top of the short programme standings. The 15-ye...
Feb 15, 2022 2022 Beijing Olympics - Opening Ceremony - National Stadium, Beijing, China - February 4, 2022. United States of America contingent is seen during the athletes parade at the opening ceremony. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Trudeau invokes emergency powers to starve protesting Canadian trucker of funds
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is planning to impose emergency measures not used for more than 50 years to cut off funding for truckers responsible for nationwide protests that have gridlocked the nation's...
Feb 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A person waves a Canadian flag in front of banners in support of truckers, as truckers and supporters continue to protest the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 14, 2022. REUTERS/Lars Hagberg/File Photo
Biden says Russian attack on Ukraine still possible
UPDATE: 3:21 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden urged Russia to step back from the brink of war on Tuesday and said reports that Russia has withdrawn some forces from the Ukraine border h...
Feb 15, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the situation in Russia and Ukraine from the White House in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Trump's longtime accounting firm cuts ties, cannot stand behind statements - filing
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The accounting firm that handled Donald Trump's company's financial statements dropped it as a client and said it could no longer stand behind a decade of statements, a court fili...
Feb 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past 40 Wall Street, also known as the Trump Building, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Judge to dismiss Sarah Palin case against N.Y. Times regardless of jury verdict
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge said on Monday he will throw out Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, after concluding that an editorial in the newspaper did not maliciously l...
Feb 14, 2022 Sarah Palin, 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor, looks on as New York Times' James Bennet is embraced by his attorneys David Axelrod and Jay Brown 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 14, 2022 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Canada's Ontario to lift some pandemic measures, Alberta ends masks in schools
UPDATE: 3:47 p.m. (Reuters) -The Canadian province of Ontario said it will speed up its plan to remove proof-of-vaccination requirements and lift pandemic-related capacity limits for many businesses w...
Feb 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a news conference as truckers and their supporters continue to protest against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle
"Ghostbusters" director Ivan Reitman passes away
MONTECITO, Cal. (Fox News) -- Producer and filmmaker Ivan Reitman has died. His family said Reitman passed away in his sleep at his home in Montecito, California on Saturday night. He was 75. Among Re...
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NFL: Rams beat Bengals in thriller to win Super Bowl on home field
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (Reuters) -The Los Angeles Rams rallied late to beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 on Sunday to deliver a Hollywood ending to the Super Bowl, securing the franchise's first championsh...
Feb 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Feb 8, 2022; Inglewood, CA, USA; Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals helmets are seen with a Wilson NFL official Duke football and the SBLVI numerals at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
Blinken: U.S. moving Ukraine embassy from Kyiv to Lviv amid Russian buildup
UPDATE: 2:55 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is relocating its embassy operations in Ukraine from the capital Kyiv to the western city of Lviv, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on M...
Feb 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks in the briefing room of the State Department in Washington, U.S. January 7, 2022. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
OLYMPICS LATEST: Russian Valieva cleared to compete but doping shadow remains
BEIJING (Reuters) -Sport's highest court on Monday cleared 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to continue competing in the Beijing Winter Olympics, but the teenager's doping charge remai...
Feb 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The Beijing 2022 logo is seen outside the headquarters of the Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Shougang Park, November 10, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
