Category Archives: National
'Profound experience': Star Trek's Shatner becomes world's oldest space traveler
VAN HORN, Texas (Reuters) -Having made a career out of playing an explorer of the cosmos, William Shatner - Captain James Kirk of "Star Trek" fame - did it for real on Wednesday, becoming at age 90 th...
Oct 13, 2021 Blue Origin's rocket New Shepard blasts off carrying Star Trek actor William Shatner, 90, on billionaire Jeff Bezos's company's second suborbital tourism flight as part of a four-person crew near Van Horn, Texas, U.S., October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake
When should you send your holiday cards & packages? New guidance is out
Peoria, Ill. - We're getting some guidance about how and when to send those holiday packages this year. Staffing and supply chain issues continue to squeeze delivery times. If you're using the Postal ...
Oct 13, 2021
More expensive food, rents boost U.S. inflation; further increases anticipated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased solidly in September as Americans paid more for food, rent and a range of other goods, putting pressure on the Biden administration to urgently re...
Oct 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Tins of Campbell's Tomato Soup are seen on a supermarket shelf in Seattle, Washington, U.S. February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
U.S. FDA staff says Moderna did not meet all criteria for COVID-19 boosters
(Reuters) -Scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday that Moderna Inc had not met all of the agency's criteria to support use of booster doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, possib...
Oct 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Syringes filled with a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine sit on a table during an employee vaccination at the Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida, U.S., September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
U.S. House votes to hike debt ceiling, avert default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval on Tuesday to a Senate-passed bill temporarily raising the government's borrowing limit to $28.9 tril...
Oct 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The sun rises behind U.S. Capitol ahead of a weekend "Justice for J6" rally in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Apple likely to slash iPhone 13 production due to chip crunch - Bloomberg News
(Reuters) -Apple Inc is likely to cut down production of the iPhone 13 by as many as 10 million units due to the global chip shortage, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with t...
Oct 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An Apple employee wearing a face mask walks past an image of an iPhone 13 Pro at an Apple Store on the day the new Apple iPhone 13 series goes on sale, in Beijing, China, September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo
Wyoming coroner says Gabby Petito's death was caused by strangulation
UPDATED 2:50 P.M. (Reuters) -Gabby Petito, the young woman who vanished on a road trip with her boyfriend and later turned up dead in Wyoming, was killed by strangulation, a local coroner said on Tues...
Oct 12, 2021 A makeshift memorial for Gabby Petito is seen, after a woman's body found in a Wyoming national park was identified as that of the missing 22-year-old travel blogger, near North Port City Hall in North Port, Florida, U.S., September 22, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
U.S. should face up to 'shameful past' with tribal nations, VP Harris says
(Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Tuesday that the European explorers who first landed on U.S. shores had "ushered in a wave of devastation for tribal nations, perpetrating violence...
Oct 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris leads a session of the President's online COVID Summit inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 22, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
U.S. FDA removes concessions on hand sanitizer production as supply recovers
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday companies manufacturing certain alcohol-based hand sanitizers under its previous relaxed guidance must stop making these products by t...
Oct 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
U.S. quits hit record high in August; hiring falls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans voluntarily quitting their jobs surged to a record high in August, while hiring fell by the most in eight months, underscoring the difficulties that busi...
Oct 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A restaurant advertising jobs looks to attract workers in Oceanside, California, U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake
