Category Archives: National
U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak suspends vaccine mandate for employees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak said on Tuesday it will temporarily suspend a vaccine mandate for employees and now no longer expects to be forced to cut some service in January. ...
Dec 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An Amtrak train is parked at the platform inside New York's Penn Station, the nation's busiest train hub, which will be closing tracks for repairs causing massive disruptions to commuters in New York City, July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Rivian pickup named MotorTrend's Truck of the Year
IRVINE, Cal. -- The Rivian R1T has been named MotorTrend magazine's truck of the year for 2022. The all-electric pickup truck, made at Rivian's plant in Normal, Illinois, has a range of more than 300 ...
Dec 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Rivian introduces R1T all-electric pickup truck at Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 27, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake
House panel recommends contempt charge for ex-Trump aide Meadows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. congressional committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol voted unanimously on Monday to seek "contempt of Congress" charges against Mark Meadows, who ser...
Dec 14, 2021 U.S. House Select Committee on Jan. 6th Chairman Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS), with members, including Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), meet to vote on whether Mark Meadows, who served as former President Donald Trump's chief of staff, should be cited for contempt of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Biden and Manchin will keep talking on $1.75 trillion spending bill -Manchin spokesperson
UPDATED 5:22 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Senator Joe Manchin had "a productive conversation" but will keep talking as Democrats struggle to overcome stubborn differences o...
Dec 13, 2021 U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) participates in a discussion with billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein, President of The Economic Club of Washington, in Washington, U.S., October 26, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/Files
Basketball-NBA postpones two Bulls games with 10 players in health protocols
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two Chicago Bulls games have been postponed after 10 players and additional staff members were placed in the National Basketball Association's (NBA) health and safety protocols, t...
Dec 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An NBA logo is seen on the facade of its flagship store at the Wangfujing shopping street in Beijing, China October 8, 2019. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Biden will travel to Kentucky to survey tornado damage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Monday he will visit hard-hit Kentucky on Wednesday to survey damage from deadly tornadoes that devastated a broad swath of the state. Biden spoke af...
Dec 13, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden reacts as he receives a briefing in the Oval Office on the Federal response to the tornadoes and extreme weather that impacted multiple states, in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
First UK patient has died from omicron variant
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday the first patient had died after contracting the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Sky news reported. The British Health secret...
Dec 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An ambulance drives past St Thomas' Hospital as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in London, Britain, December 12, 2021. REUTERS/May James
Chris Wallace leaving Fox News for CNN+ streaming service
(Reuters) -Veteran television journalist Chris Wallace announced on Sunday that he is leaving Fox News after about 18 years and he is set to join rival CNN's upcoming streaming service as an anchor. W...
Dec 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Debate moderator and Fox News anchor Chris Wallace directs the first 2020 presidential campaign debate between U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020. Olivier Douliery/Pool via REUTERS
Kentucky resumes counting the dead from barrage of tornadoes
MAYFIELD, Ky. (Reuters) - Rescue workers resumed combing through debris on Monday in the scant hope of finding survivors from a battery of deadly tornadoes that tore through six states, with Kentucky ...
Dec 13, 2021 Damage and debris is seen after a devastating outbreak of tornadoes ripped through Bowling Green Kentucky, U.S. December 12, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
Six dead, no hope of more survivors, after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (Reuters) -Six Amazon.com Inc workers were confirmed dead on Saturday after a series of tornadoes roared through a warehouse near St. Louis, ripping off its roof and causing 11-inch...
Dec 12, 2021 REUTERS/Drone Base
