Category Archives: National
One body found, 38 still missing from capsized migrant boat off Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) -Rescue crews recovered one body but hopes dimmed for 38 other people lost at sea over the weekend from a capsized boat off Florida's coast in an incident being treated as an ill-fated...
Jan 27, 2022 Coast Guard Cutter Ibis' crew search for 39 people reported missing after their boat capsized in the Atlantic Ocean in what is being called a human smuggling attempt gone awry, off the coast of the Fort Pierce Inlet, Florida, January 25, 2022. Picture taken January 25, 2022. U.S. Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERS
Biden warns Putin with sanctions as West steps up Ukraine defenses
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he would consider personal sanctions on President Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine, as Western leaders stepped up militar...
Jan 26, 2022 A service member of the Ukrainian armed forces walks at combat positions near the line of separation from Russian-backed rebels outside the town of Avdiivka in Donetsk Region, Ukraine January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Maksim Levin
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi seeks re-election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday she will run for a 19th term in office, without saying whether she would seek to remain in her Democratic leade...
Jan 26, 2022 U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2022. Eric Lee/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. Labor Dept. withdrawing COVID vaccine rule for large employers
(Reuters) -The Department of Labor said on Tuesday it will withdraw its COVID-19 vaccine-and-testing requirement for large U.S. employers after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the rule, ending a contro...
Jan 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A health care worker fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as California opens up vaccine eligibility to any residents 16 years and older during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Chula Vista, California, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Pfizer/BioNTech: watchdogs' requirements may defer planned launch of Omicron shot
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BioNTech said it and partner Pfizer may not be able to stick with their plan to launch an Omicron-targeting vaccine by the end of March, depending on how much clinical trial data...
Jan 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled "VACCINE Coronavirus COVID-19" and a syringe are seen in front of a displayed Biontech logo in this illustration taken December 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Biden curses Fox News reporter after he asks about inflation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic cursing a Fox News reporter at a White House event on Monday after the journalist shouted a question about the impact of rising ...
Jan 25, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden responds to questions from reporters as he meets with his Competition Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
FDA limits use of Regeneron, Lilly COVID-19 antibody treatments
(Reuters) - The U.S. health regulator on Monday revised the emergency use authorizations for COVID-19 antibody treatments from Regeneron and Eli Lilly to limit their use, as the drugs are unlikely to ...
Jan 24, 2022 Midwest Communications
Triple A analysts say $4/gallon gas is possible if Russia invades
(Undated) -- While concern remains high about the potential for war in Europe, we're hearing how such a conflict might impact families' finances here at home. Most energy analysts agree if Russia inva...
Jan 24, 2022 Midwest Communications
U.S. COVID peak may be over but not the pain as deaths rise
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Even as COVID-19 cases drop and hospitalizations show signs of plateauing in hard-hit pockets of the United States, the still-rising death toll from the Omicron variant highlights...
Jan 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Medical staff treat a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient in their isolation room on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, U.S., January 4, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Supreme Court to hear challenge to race-conscious college admissions
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a bid to bar Harvard University and the University of North Carolina from considering race in undergraduate admissions in a case that imperil...
Jan 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The sun sets at the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
