Category Archives: National
Congress still debating Biden's spending bills
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX NEWS) -- Congress is still debating the $1.2 trillion "Hard Infrastructure" bill already passed by the Senate, as well as the proposed $3.5 trillion "Human Infrastructure Reconci...
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Hollywood film-crew union reaches tentative deal, averting strike
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A union that represents about 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers in film and television reached a tentative deal with producers on Saturday, averting a strike that threatened to ...
Oct 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Pope condemns attacks in Norway, Afghanistan and Britain, following Amess stabbing
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Sunday condemned recent attacks in Norway, Afghanistan and Britain, in an apparent reference to the stabbing death of parliamentarian David Amess. "Last week, v...
Oct 17, 2021 REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Houston deputy shot and killed in ambush at nightclub
HOUSTON (FOX NEWS) -- A Harris County deputy constable was shot to death and two other deputy constables were wounded early Saturday morning in what authorities are calling an ambush at a North Housto...
Oct 17, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Fund childcare to allow more moms to join workforce, Biden says
HARTFORD (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden touted a crucial part of his economic plan, funding for childcare that will free parents, mostly women, to work for pay, in a speech at a Connecticut chil...
Oct 17, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden is welcomed by children at the Capitol Child Development Center in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S., October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Florida school gunman Cruz to plead guilty to murder, lawyer says
(Reuters) -Nikolas Cruz will plead guilty to murder in the 2018 mass shooting that killed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, his lawyer told a judge on...
Oct 15, 2021 Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz looks on before pleading guilty on all four criminal counts stemming from his alleged attack on a Broward County jail guard in November 2018, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. October 15, 2021. Amy Beth Bennett/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. FDA advisers vote in favor of booster for J&J COVID-19 vaccine
UPDATED 1:28 P.M. (Reuters) -Outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted unanimously to recommend regulators authorize a second shot of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 v...
Oct 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A vial of Johnson & Johnson's Janssen coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen during a vaccination event hosted by Miami - Dade County and Miami Heat, at FTX Arena in Miami, Florida, U.S., August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
British lawmaker murdered in knife attack at meeting in church
LEIGH-ON-SEA, England (Reuters) -A British lawmaker was stabbed to death on Friday in a church by a man who lunged at him at a meeting with voters from his electoral district, knifing him repeatedly. ...
Oct 15, 2021 Police officers are seen at the scene where MP David Amess was stabbed during constituency surgery, in Leigh-on-Sea, Britain October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge
Ex-President Bill Clinton recovering from infection in hospital, doctors say
ORANGE, California (Reuters) -U.S. former President Bill Clinton is recovering after two days of treatment for an infection in a California hospital, his doctors said on Thursday. The 75-year-old was ...
Oct 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton attends a meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Action Network in San Juan, Puerto Rico February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo/File Photo
Biden signs bill raising U.S. debt limit, averting default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed legislation temporarily raising the government's borrowing limit to $28.9 trillion, pushing off the deadline for debt default only unt...
Oct 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden hosts a virtual coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Summit as part of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from the White House in Washington, U.S., September 22, 2021.REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
