Category Archives: National
Finally free? Judge to consider ending restrictions on Britney Spears
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop superstar Britney Spears may be freed as early as Friday from a conservatorship that she has called abusive and humiliating if a Los Angeles judge rules in her favor and en...
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
Judge in Rittenhouse trial will not allow jury to consider lesser charge in shooting
KENOSHA, Wisc. (Reuters) - The judge in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse said on Friday he would not allow the jury to consider a lesser charge in the shooting of Joseph Rosenbaum, one of two men ...
Nov 12, 2021 Kyle Rittenhouse enters the courtroom during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial in Kenosha (Wisconsin) Circuit Court in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 9, 2021. Mark Hertzberg/Pool via REUTERS
Trump defends chants by rioters on Jan. 6 threatening to hang Pence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump defended his supporters' chants threatening to hang Vice President Mike Pence as they stormed the U.S. Capitol in a deadly riot on Jan. 6, accordin...
Nov 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Members of the far-right group Proud Boys make 'OK' hand gestures indicating "white power" as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building to protest against the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
'We don't want any more Black pastors' in Arbery murder trial, lawyer says
(Reuters) - A lawyer for one of the three white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery said his team did not want "any more Black pastors coming" into the Georgia courtroom after a civil rights leader...
Nov 12, 2021 Defense attorney Kevin Gough reacts as he speaks at the jury selection in the trial of William "Roddie" Bryan, Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael, charged with the February 2020 death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, at the Gwynn County Superior Court, in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S. October 27, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/Pool/Files
U.S. prosecutors want jury to consider lesser charges in Rittenhouse trial
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) -Prosecutors in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse said they would seek approval for the jury to consider lesser charges after days of testimony in which the U.S. teenager an...
Nov 11, 2021 John Black, use-of-force expert, is pictured next to Kyle Rittenhouse and defence attorney before the start of Kyle Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 11, 2021. Mark Hertzberg/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. appeals court pauses release of Trump documents to House riot probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Thursday put off allowing congressional investigators access to former President Donald Trump's White House records relating to the Jan. 6 attack on the U...
Nov 11, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump fight with members of law enforcement at a door they broke open as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Astroworld Festival death toll rises as 22-year-old Texas student succumbs to injuries
HOUSTON (Reuters) -The death toll in the Astroworld Festival stampede rose to nine with the death of a 22-year-old Texas college student late on Wednesday, according to a lawyer for the family. A stam...
Nov 11, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The back side of one of the stages from the 2021 Astroworld Festival is seen through a tarp near a makeshift memorial for the concertgoers who died in a stampede during a Travis Scott performance in Houston, Texas, U.S., November 9, 2021. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
Prosecutor in Rittenhouse murder trial tangles again with judge
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - The lead prosecutor in Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial in Wisconsin on Thursday accused the judge of unfairness, a day after being excoriated for trying to introduce inadmiss...
Nov 11, 2021 John Black, use-of-force expert, is pictured next to Kyle Rittenhouse and defence attorney before the start of Kyle Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 11, 2021. Mark Hertzberg/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. judge rejects latest Trump request to block release of documents to House riot probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday lost another bid to halt congressional investigators from seeing White House records he wants to keep secret. U.S. District Judge Tany...
Nov 11, 2021 Bicycle racks and an unscalable fence surround the U.S. Capitol ahead of an expected rally Saturday in support of the Jan. 6 defendants in Washington, U.S. September 17, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Files
Manchin may delay Biden social legislation until 2022 on inflation worries - Axios
(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin may delay President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" legislation until next year over inflation worries, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with th...
Nov 11, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) faces reporters outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
