Category Archives: National
Biden, Putin begin talks after U.S. warns of toughest sanctions yet if Russia invades Ukraine
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Joe Biden began a video conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, Russian state television said, after U.S. officials warned Moscow could be ...
Dec 07, 2021 Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with U.S. President Joe Biden via a video link in Sochi, Russia December 7, 2021. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. observes 80th anniversary of attack on Pearl Harbor
(Reuters) -The United States will mark the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Tuesday. The attack on Dec. 7, 1941, shook a country that had been...
Dec 07, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The USS Arizona Memorial can be seen from a shuttle boat during the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry/File Photo
At least 17 COVID cases found aboard cruise ship in New Orleans
UPDATED 2:10 P.M. (Reuters) - At least 17 COVID-19 cases, including a probable case of the Omicron variant, have been detected among passengers and crew on a cruise ship that disembarked in New Orlean...
Dec 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship is seen at Marine Facade passenger port in St. Petersburg, Russia June 2, 2018. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
U.S. won't send officials to Beijing Olympics over rights 'atrocities'
UPDATED 1:45 P.M. WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) -The United States said on Monday it will not send government officials to the 2022 Winter Olympics due to China's human rights "atrocities," after Beiji...
Dec 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A Chinese flag flutters near the Olympic rings on the Olympic Tower in Beijing, China November 11, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Omicron variant found in nearly one-third of U.S. states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has spread to about one-third of U.S. states, but the Delta version remains the majority of COVID-19 infections as cases rise nationwide, ...
Dec 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks about the Omicron coronavirus variant during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Bob Dole, war hero, longtime senator, presidential candidate, dies at 98
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bob Dole, who overcame grievous World War Two combat wounds to become a pre-eminent figure in U.S. politics as a longtime Republican senator from Kansas and his party's unsucces...
Dec 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: President Bill Clinton pins the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, on former Senator Bob Dole, January 17, 1997. REUTERS/File Photo
Omicron variant found in at least 15 U.S. states -CDC chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been found in about 15 U.S. states so far, but the Delta variant remains the majority of COVID-19 cases nationwide, the head of the U.S...
Dec 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky gives her opening statement during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing on "Next Steps: The Road Ahead for the COVID-19 Response" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Biden and Putin set to talk about Ukraine in video call on Tuesday
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a video call on Tuesday, with the two leaders set to discuss the tense situation in Ukraine. "Bide...
Dec 05, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's President Vladimir Putin meet for the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Pool
Parents of Michigan school shooting suspect plead not guilty to manslaughter charges
(Reuters) -A Michigan judge set bail at $500,000 each for the parents of a teenager accused of murdering four fellow high school students with a weapon the couple bought him as a Christmas gift, after...
Dec 05, 2021 Ethan Robert Crumbley, 15, charged with first-degree murder in a high school shooting, poses in a jail booking photograph taken at the Oakland County Jail in Pontiac, Michigan, U.S. December 1, 2021, in a combination photograph with his parents Jennifer Lynn Crumbley and James Robert Crumbley who were taken into custody December 3, 2021. Oakland County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY. AN UNPROCESSED VERSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED SEPARATELY
CNN fires anchor Chris Cuomo over role in brother ex-governor's sex scandal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -CNN fired news anchor Chris Cuomo, the network announced on Saturday, after "additional information" came to light during an investigation into his efforts to help his brother, f...
Dec 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: CNN's Chris Cuomo during a televised townhall with Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) dedicated to LGBTQ issues in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake
