Category Archives: National
U.S. reports 1.35 million COVID-19 cases in a day, shattering global record
(Reuters) - The United States reported 1.35 million new coronavirus infections on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, the highest daily total for any country in the world as the spread of the highly...
Jan 11, 2022 People wait outside a community center as long lines continue for individuals trying to be tested for COVID-19 during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, U.S., January 10, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Chicago schools to reopen after teachers agree to end COVID-19 walkout
(Reuters) -Chicago Public Schools, the third-largest U.S. education district, will resume in-person classes on Wednesday after a union backed ending a walkout over COVID-19 fears in an agreement it sa...
Jan 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Darwin Elementary after Chicago Public Schools, the nation's third-largest school district, said it would cancel classes since the teachers' union voted in favor of a return to remote learning, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. January 5, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
Arctic blast brings wind-chill alerts to northern U.S
(Reuters) - Arctic air blasting across the northern tier of the United States gripped parts of the High Plains, the Upper Midwest and New England on Monday, with wind-chill alerts posted from Montana ...
Jan 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A man walks his dog by the Ohio River during a snow storm in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
U.S. and Russia still poles apart on Ukraine after Geneva talks
GENEVA (Reuters) -Russia and the United States gave no sign that they had narrowed their differences on Ukraine and wider European security in talks in Geneva on Monday, as Moscow repeated demands tha...
Jan 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: National flags of Russia and the U.S. fly at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
U.S. Treasury has no plans to push back April tax filing deadline-officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury has no plans to delay the 2021 income tax filing season past the normal April 18 deadline after giving taxpayers more time to file returns during each of the tw...
Jan 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the United States Tax Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
First months of 2022 crucial for Biden agenda as November midterms loom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has three years left in office, but some of his domestic agenda may have a much shorter clock. The White House has a small window of time to pass any me...
Jan 10, 2022 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. President Joe Biden walk through the Hall of Columns on the one-year anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS
Chicago schools closed for a fourth day
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Chicago Public School classes were canceled for a fourth day on Monday after the teachers' union and city officials failed to reach an agreement about in-person learning amid a surge ...
Jan 10, 2022 Midwest Communications
Trump to ask judge throw out suits by lawmakers, police over U.S. Capitol riot
(Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers on Monday will try to persuade a federal judge to throw out a series of lawsuits by Democratic lawmakers and two police officers alleging that the former president i...
Jan 10, 2022 A person touches the Washington monument as the sun rises over the U.S. Capitol, on the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
NYC building space heater malfunction sparks fire that kills 19, including 9 children
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Nineteen people were killed, including nine children, and dozens were injured when a fire, started by a malfunctioning space heater, spread smoke through a 19-floor building in The...
Jan 09, 2022 Emergency personnel from the FDNY respond to an apartment building fire in the Bronx borough of New York City, U.S., January 9, 2022. REUTERS/Lloyd Mitchell
Bob Saget, TV dad and comedian, found dead in Florida hotel room
UPDATED 8:04 P.M. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Bob Saget, an actor and comedian best known as the jovial dad on the television sitcom "Full House," was found dead in a hotel room in Orlando, Florida, at age...
Jan 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Actor Bob Saget arrives at the 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, U.S., February 25, 2017. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
