Category Archives: National
Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim, whose work transformed musical theater, dead at 91
(Reuters) -Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who helped American musical theater evolve beyond pure entertainment and reach new artistic heights with such works as "West Side Story," "I...
Nov 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Stephen Sondheim poses as he arrives at a special screening of the DreamWorks Pictures film "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California December 5, 2007. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
New south African COVID-19 variant may be more resistant to vaccines
LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) - Global authorities reacted with alarm on Friday to a new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa, with the EU and Britain among those tightening border controls as resea...
Nov 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19, shared with Reuters on February 18, 2020. NEXU Science Communication/via REUTERS
Fearing empty shelves, Black Friday 'early birds' head to U.S. stores
CHICAGO (Reuters) -With many major U.S. retailers opening their doors to shoppers at 5 a.m. on Friday, early risers ventured out, hoping to find gifts to tuck under the Christmas tree before products ...
Nov 26, 2021 Shoppers show up early for the Black Friday sales at the King of Prussia shopping mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S. November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski
Expanded eligibility boosts U.S. COVID-19 booster shots ahead of holidays
(Reuters) - Millions of Americans got COVID-19 booster shots at a near record pace after the Biden administration expanded eligibility last week, but health officials concerned about climbing infectio...
Nov 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled "Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine" are seen in this illustration picture taken May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Kinzinger says he's only Republican who could oust Pritzker
Peoria, Ill -- There are hints an outgoing Illinois Republican Congressman may have his sights set on the Illinois Governor's Office in 2022. In a recent interview on Crain Chicago Business's "A.D. Q ...
Nov 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger gets emotional as he speaks during a hearing by the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 27, 2021. Oliver Contreras/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Football, family and parade floats: Traditions return on U.S. Thanksgiving Day
(Reuters) - Americans on Thursday will pack football stadiums, flock to parades and gather more freely for family feasts, grateful to celebrate Thanksgiving Day traditions again after the pandemic kep...
Nov 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People take a selfie in front of the Grogu "Baby Yoda" balloon as it is inflated the day before the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Georgia jury convicts three white men of Arbery murder, rejects self-defense
UPDATED 2:09 P.M. BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - Three white men were convicted of murder on Wednesday for chasing and shooting a Black man named Ahmaud Arbery as he ran in their neighborhood, with a Geor...
Nov 24, 2021 Defendant Travis McMichael watches a video clip the jury asked to see as part of their deliberation during the trial of McMichael, his father Greg McMichael, and neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan in the Glynn County Courthouse, in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S., November 24, 2021. Stephen B. Morton/Pool via REUTERS
Thanksgiving dinner cost jumps with inflation on the menu, though deals remain
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Thanksgiving dinner will cost U.S. consumers an average of 14% more this year in the biggest annual increase in 31 years, the American Farm Bureau Federation said, though shoppers ...
Nov 24, 2021 Turkeys are displayed for sale at a Jewel-Osco grocery store ahead of Thanksgiving, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Christopher Walljasper
NASA launches test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraft
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A spacecraft that must ultimately crash to succeed was launched late on Tuesday from California on a NASA mission to demonstrate the world's first planetary defense system, desi...
Nov 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Workers pressure wash the logo of NASA on the Vehicle Assembly Building before SpaceX will send two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station aboard its Falcon 9 rocket, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
Georgia jury to resume deliberations in Arbery murder trial
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - A Georgia jury is expected to deliberate for a second day Wednesday on murder and other charges against three white men who chased and shot Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who ra...
Nov 24, 2021 A man holds a sign that reads “It is not ok to kill people” during a vigil for Ahmaud Arbery outside the Glynn County Courthouse as jury deliberates whether Greg McMichael, his son Travis McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan murdered Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S., November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
