Category Archives: National
Omicron-related disruptions cause over 4,000 flight cancellations to kick off 2022
(Reuters) - Over 4,000 flights were cancelled around the world on Sunday, more than half of them U.S. flights, adding to the toll of holiday week travel disruptions due to adverse weather and the surg...
Jan 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A passenger waits for his flight inside the Terminal 2 at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy-en-France near Paris, France, December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
U.S. officials ask AT&T, Verizon to delay 5G wireless over aviation safety concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday asked AT&T and Verizon Communications to delay the planned Ja...
Jan 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A contract crew from Verizon installs 5G telecommunications equipment on a tower in Orem, Utah, U.S. December 3, 2019. Picture taken December 3, 2019. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo
Omicron dampens global New Year celebrations, fewer watch ball drop in Times Square
(Reuters) - The Omicron coronavirus variant dampened New Year festivities around much of the world, with Paris cancelling its fireworks show, London relegating its to television, and New York City sca...
Jan 01, 2022 Fireworks are seen during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square, as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., December 31, 2021. REUTERS/Dieu-Nalio Chery
Novavax to submit COVID-19 vaccine EUA request to U.S. FDA next month
(Reuters) - Novavax Inc will submit a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine next month, further delaying the submission it had expected by the end of this ...
Dec 31, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Novavax logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Biden says he warned Putin of 'heavy price' over Ukraine
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Friday he told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that a move on Ukraine will draw sanctions and an increased U.S. presence in Europe, where...
Dec 31, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden talks virtually with service members, from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building's South Court Auditorium at the White House, during an event with first lady Jill Biden, in Washington, U.S., December 25, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Betty White, working actress into her 90s, dies just shy of her 100th birthday
(Reuters) -- Comedic actress Betty White, who capped a career of more than 80 years by becoming America's geriatric sweetheart after Emmy-winning roles on television sitcoms "The Golden Girls" and "Th...
Dec 31, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Cast member Betty White attends the premiere of the 3-D animated film "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" in Los Angeles February 19, 2012. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/File Photo
'Miracle' that no loss of life in Colorado urban wildfire - Governor
(Reuters) - Colorado officials said on Friday that it was a "miracle" that no deaths were reported in an unprecedented urban wildfire that moved at breakneck speeds across towns north of Denver, destr...
Dec 31, 2021 Christian Harrison and Deb Harrison react to the the damage of their home in The Enclave after the wildfire in Louisville, Colorado, U.S. December 31, 2021. Michael Madrid/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS.
Russia test-fires new hypersonic Tsirkon missiles from frigate, submarine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia test-fired around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and two more from a submarine, Interfax news agency said on Friday citing northern fleet. ...
Dec 31, 2021 FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia. An Associated Press review shows the idea of Ukrainian interference took root during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, was spread online and then amplified by Putin before some of America’s elected officials made it their truth. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Wind-driven Colorado grass fire destroys hundreds of homes, displaces thousands
DENVER (Reuters) -A fierce, wind-driven wildfire destroyed hundreds of homes, injured at least a half dozen people and prompted the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents in and around two towns...
Dec 31, 2021 Structures burn, including an Element Hotel, as a wind-driven wildfire forced evacuation of the Superior suburb of Boulder, Colorado, U.S. December 30, 2021. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
Jan. 6 panel urges U.S. high court to deny Trump bid to shield records
(Reuters) - The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to deny a request by former President Donald Trump to shield some of his...
Dec 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during his first post-presidency campaign rally at the Lorain County Fairgrounds in Wellington, Ohio, U.S., June 26, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
