Category Archives: National
U.S. Senate Democrat unveils 'billionaires tax' for Biden agenda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. billionaires would pay tax on unrealized gains from their assets to help finance President Joe Biden's emerging social-policy and climate-change legislation, according to a...
Oct 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden departs after delivering an update on his administration's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building's South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 2, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Influential U.S. comedian Mort Sahl dies at age 94
(Reuters) -Mort Sahl, who strolled onstage with a newspaper and shook up the comedy world in the 1950s and '60s with a groundbreaking critical look at American life and politics, died on Tuesday at th...
Oct 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Josh Edelson
Illinois police officer gunned down in St. Louis suburb
Peoria, Ill -- An Illinois police officer is shot and killed this week. State Police say it happened at a gas station in the St. Louis suburb of Pontoon Beach this (Tuesday) morning. According to the ...
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U.S. FDA advisers overwhelmingly endorse Pfizer/BioN-Tech vaccine for kids
(Reuters) - An expert panel on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to recommend the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorize the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, sayi...
Oct 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A vial labelled with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
U.S. billionaire tax proposal seems to unite Democrats - but will it work?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A first-of-its-kind proposal from Democratic lawmakers to tax U.S. billionaires on the assets they own is expected to face challenges from the super-rich, and be tough to implem...
Oct 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol dome is seen in Washington, U.S., December 17, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott
Americans in Sudan advised to shelter in place as military coup unfolds
KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan's military seized power from a transitional government on Monday and soldiers killed at least three people and wounded 80 as street protests broke out against the coup. The l...
Oct 25, 2021 People gather as fire and smoke are seen on the streets of Kartoum, Sudan, amid reports of a coup, October 25, 2021, in this still image from video obtained via social media. RASD SUDAN NETWORK via REUTERS
Moderna says it's close to having vaccine doses for young kids
(Reuters) -Moderna Inc said on Monday its COVID-19 vaccine generated a strong immune response in children aged six to 11 years and that it plans to submit the data to global regulators soon. Moderna s...
Oct 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Syringes filled with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine sit on table during vaccine clinic in Southfield, Michigan, U.S., September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Emily Elconin
Facebook will fuel further unrest, whistleblower says
LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook will fuel more episodes of violent unrest around the world because of the way its algorithms are designed to promote divisive content, whistleblower Frances Haugen told the...
Oct 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing entitled 'Protecting Kids Online: Testimony from a Facebook Whistleblower' on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., October 5, 2021. Matt McClain/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Alec Baldwin was aiming at camera when gun discharged - affidavit
SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) - Alec Baldwin was drawing a revolver across his body and pointing it at a camera during rehearsal on the set of "Rust" when the weapon fired and struck the cinematographer in...
Oct 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An image of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who died after being shot by Alec Baldwin on the set of his movie "Rust", is displayed at a vigil in her honour in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., October 23, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
With corporate tax off table, U.S. Democrats turn to billionaires to fund spending bill
(Reuters) - U.S. Democrats are expected to unveil a tax plan on Monday that would seek to raise hundreds of billions of dollars from the country's roughly 700 billionaires to help pay for expanding th...
Oct 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An American flag flies outside of the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
