Category Archives: National
U.S. congressional panel probing Capitol riot sets Bannon contempt vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol said it would convene a business meeting on Tuesday to vote on adopting a cont...
Oct 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon exits the Manhattan Federal Court, following his arraignment hearing for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
FDA advisers back Moderna COVID-19 booster shots for older and high-risk people
(Reuters) - A panel of expert advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted on Thursday to recommend booster shots of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for Americans aged 65 and old...
Oct 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar
U.S. vaccine mandates are working, Biden says, but 66 million still don't have shot
UPDATED 1:11 P.M WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden touted the success of mandates in spurring vaccination against COVID-19 in the United States on Thursday but said more needed to be done to g...
Oct 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One to depart O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
U.S. FDA advisers weigh case for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots
(Reuters) - Booster doses of the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine improved severe disease protection in people aged 40 and older, Israel's Health Ministry told an outside panel of the U.S. Foo...
Oct 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Danish man suspected of killing five in bow-and-arrow attack in Norway
KONGSBERG, Norway (Reuters) -A 37-year-old Danish citizen who had converted to Islam is suspected of killing five people with a bow-and-arrow and other weapons in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg in a ...
Oct 14, 2021 Police officers investigate after several people were killed and others were injured by a man using a bow and arrows to carry out attacks, in Kongsberg, Norway, October 13, 2021. Terje Pedersen/NTB/via REUTERS
Deere workers go on strike after UAW fails to reach deal
(Reuters) -Thousands of Deere & Co workers began a strike on Thursday, the United Auto Workers (UAW) said, days after overwhelmingly rejecting a six-year labor contract that was agreed on with the...
Oct 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The leaping deer trademark logo is seen on a sign outside a John Deere dealership in Taylor, Texas, U.S., February 16, 2017. Picture taken February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Khursheed
Federal judge sides with Jan. 6th rioter over poor treatment at D.C. jail
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday held top officials at the Washington, D.C., Department of Corrections in civil contempt, after ruling they violated the civil rights of a U.S. Capit...
Oct 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A mob of supporters of then-U.S. President Donald Trump climb through a window they broke as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Supply chain issues for ag business compound with Deere & Co. strike fears
Peoria, IL (WMBD) -- A labor strike looms large as union workers for tractor giant Deere & Co. have overwhelmingly rejected a new contract offer. The strike deadline for 10-thousand production and...
Oct 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A John Deere tractor, a combine, and other heavy machinery sit inside a barn on a corn and soybean farm in Woodburn, Indiana, U.S., October 16, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan
Push by ports, delivery companies to ease holiday bottleneck, Biden says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday launched an effort to ease supply chain blockages that are threatening to disrupt the U.S. holiday season, relying on expanded port and shipping ...
Oct 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as he participates in the virtual CEO Summit on Semiconductor and Supply Chain Resilience from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
FDA sets new goal for lower salt in everyday American food
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday is pushing to cut salt levels by an average of 12% in food ranging from packaged meats to cheese, trying to clamp down on a growing epide...
Oct 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An employee checks packaged meat at a 365 by Whole Foods Market grocery store ahead of its opening day in Los Angeles, U.S., May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
