Category Archives: National
Derek Chauvin's ex-colleagues face trial over deadly Minneapolis arrest
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) - A jury was due to hear opening statements on Monday in the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers who took part in the deadly arrest of Geor...
Jan 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: (L-R) Former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng in a combination of booking photographs from the Minnesota Department of Corrections and Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis, Minnesota. U.S. Minnesota Department of Corrections and Hennepin County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. orders departure of Ukraine embassy staff family members, Canada staffers will stay
UPDATE: 3:54 p.m. OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian diplomats and their families are staying in Ukraine for the time being but Ottawa is constantly reviewing their safety, which is of paramount importance, ...
Jan 24, 2022 A view shows the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Pro-Trump death threats prompt bills in 3 states to protect election workers
(Reuters) - In Vermont, lawmakers are considering bills to make it easier to prosecute people who threaten election officials. In Maine, proposed legislation would stiffen penalties for such intimidat...
Jan 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump points as he holds a rally in Florence, Arizona, U.S., January 15, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Five found shot dead in Milwaukee home
(Reuters) - Five people were found dead from gunshot wounds in a Milwaukee home on Sunday in a case that left police without a suspect and pleading for help from the public, officials said. Officers r...
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First part of $200 million U.S. defense aid arrives in Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) - The first shipment of the United States' $200 million security support package for Ukraine arrived in Kyiv, the U.S. Embassy said on Saturday. The delivery followed U.S. Secretary of ...
Jan 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv, Ukraine January 19, 2022. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS
'Our city against the killers,' New York mayor says after policeman killed
(Reuters) -One New York City police officer was killed and another was fighting for his life after the pair were shot Friday while responding to a domestic violence call, authorities said. Neither of ...
Jan 22, 2022 Emergency personnel respond at the scene where NYPD officers were shot while responding to a domestic violence call in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, U.S., January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Lloyd Mitchell
'No SALT no deal': Democrats vow to block Build Back Better bill without tax break
(Reuters) - Several U.S. House members from President Joe Biden's Democratic Party are threatening to block a renewed push for his Build Back Better spending bill if it does not include the expansion ...
Jan 21, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden waits for reporters to depart after delivering his opening remarks to a virtual meeting with the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Next two 'Mission: Impossible' movies delayed until 2023, 2024
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The seventh and eighth movies in the "Mission: Impossible" franchise starring Tom Cruise have been delayed until 2023 and 2024 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, producers Paramo...
Jan 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Actor Tom Cruise is seen on the set of "Mission Impossible 7" while filming in Rome, Italy October 6, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Biden tells mayors to spend COVID aid to boost workforces, job training
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden called on U.S. mayors on Friday to use more of their state and local COVID-19 aid funds to boost worker training and pay child care workers, moves that could...
Jan 21, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden makes remarks during the U.S. Conference of Mayors 90th Winter Meeting in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. and Russia agree to keep talking after meeting on Ukraine
GENEVA (Reuters) -The top U.S. and Russian diplomats made no major breakthrough at talks on Ukraine on Friday but agreed to keep talking to try to resolve a crisis that has stoked fears of a military ...
Jan 21, 2022 A local resident walks with his bicycle as service members of the Ukrainian armed forces are seen near the line of separation from Russian-backed rebels outside Horlivka in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, January 20, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Kudriavtseva
