Category Archives: National
Conspiracy theorist Jones found guilty by default in U.S. school shooting defamation lawsuits -NYT
(Reuters) - A court in Connecticut granted a legal victory to the families of victims of a 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School by ruling that Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist, was guil...
Nov 15, 2021 Sean P. Anderson / CC
UK raises threat level after Liverpool taxi blast
LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Britain raised its national threat level on Monday to severe, meaning an attack is seen as highly likely, after declaring that a taxi explosion outside a hospital in Live...
Nov 15, 2021 Police officers keep guard outside a house in the Kensington area where counter-terrorism officers arrested men after a vehicle exploded outside Liverpool Women's Hospital in Liverpool, Britain, November 15, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble
U.S. Senator Leahy won't seek re-election, putting Democratic seat in play
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy on Monday said he will not seek re-election in November 2022, opening up another seat that Democrats will need to aggressively defend if the...
Nov 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to examine the FY22 budget request for the Treasury Department on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., June 23, 2021. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
U.S. and allies monitor Russia troop build-up at Ukraine border
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Russia on Monday that the western military alliance was standing by Ukraine amid a large and unusual concentration of Russian troops...
Nov 15, 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)
Judge dismisses charge against Rittenhouse for possessing rifle
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - A Wisconsin judge in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse on Monday dismissed a misdemeanor charge against the teenager for illegally possessing the AR-15-style rifle he used...
Nov 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Judge Bruce Schroeder listens as attorneys discuss changes to the charges against Kyle Rittenhouse at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. November 12, 2021. Sean Krajacic/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Trump adviser Bannon surrenders to face charges for stonewalling Capitol riot probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to former U.S. President Donald Trump, turned himself into the FBI on Monday to face the first criminal charges handed down amid a congressional ...
Nov 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon departs after testifying in the criminal trial of Roger Stone, former campaign advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, on charges of lying to Congress, obstructing justice and witness tampering at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., November 8, 2019. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan/File Photo
Nine-year-old succumbs; death toll from Houston concert stampede rises to 10
(Reuters) - An attorney for the family of a 9-year-old boy who was trampled at a Travis Scott concert in Houston and was on life support for a week said that the child had died from his injuries on Su...
Nov 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A makeshift memorial for the concertgoers who died in a stampede during a Travis Scott performance at the 2021 Astroworld Festival grows in Houston, Texas, U.S., November 9, 2021. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare/File Photo
U.S. judge in Rittenhouse trial says jury can consider teen provoked attack
(Reuters) - The judge in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse said on Friday he would instruct the jury they can consider the prosecution's argument that the teenager provoked an encounter with one of two me...
Nov 14, 2021 Judge Bruce Schroeder talks about juror who was removed after attempting to tell a joke to a bailiff during Kyle Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA., November 4, 2021. The juror, known as Juror No. 7, was removed due to the incident. Sean Krajacic/Pool via REUTERS
Jelani Day's cell phone found, submitted for forensics
Peoria, Ill -- Investigators say they have found a cell phone that belonged to Jelani Day, the missing Illinois State University student found dead back in August. Multiple outlets are reporting confi...
Nov 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
Britney Spears wins freedom as conservatorship ended after 13 years
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A Los Angeles judge on Friday ended the conservatorship that has controlled the life of pop star Britney Spears for 13 years. "Effective today, the conservatorship of the person...
Nov 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator wears a T-Shirt in support of Britney Spears during a "Free Britney" demonstration on the Ellipse, near the White House, in Washington, U.S. October 23, 2021. REUTERS/Shuran Huang/File Photo
