Category Archives: National
UPDATE: Shooting suspect in custody after fight at Texas school injures four
UPDATED 2:16 P.M. (Reuters) -Authorities arrested an 18-year-old male in connection with a Texas high school shooting that left four people injured after a fight broke out in a classroom on Wednesday ...
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Facebook blames 'faulty configuration change' for nearly six-hour outage
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc blamed a "faulty configuration change" for a nearly six-hour outage on Monday that prevented the company's 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging serv...
Oct 05, 2021 Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram logos are displayed through broken glass in this illustration taken October 4, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
U.S. risks losing its 'edge' without big infrastructure spending, Biden says
HOWELL, Mich. (Reuters) -President Joe Biden made a pitch in Michigan on Tuesday for his huge social spending package which he vowed would help modernize America and benefit the middle class, while la...
Oct 05, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on infrastructure investments at the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 324 training facility in Howell, Michigan, U.S. October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. Senate to vote on debt ceiling, Republicans say they will oppose
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's Democrats planned a Wednesday vote in the Senate to suspend the U.S. debt ceiling, setting up yet another confrontation with Republicans that risks an econo...
Oct 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building on Capitol Hill, seen during sunset in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Facebook products 'harm children, stoke division,' whistleblower says
(Reuters) - Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, telling lawmakers the social media giant knew its apps were harming the mental health of some young use...
Oct 05, 2021 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. Drew Angerer/Pool via REUTERS
Biden says Republican stonewalling on debt ceiling risks U.S. default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Monday the federal government could breach its $28.4 trillion debt limit in a historic default unless Republicans join Democrats in voting to raise it...
Oct 04, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. debt ceiling from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. October 4, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Facebook, Instagram appear to partly reconnect after nearly six-hour outage
UPDATED 5:11 P.M. (Reuters) - Facebook and Instagram appeared to be partially reconnected to the global internet on Monday afternoon, nearly six hours into a global outage. Facebook and its WhatsApp a...
Oct 04, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Facebook app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
J&J to seek U.S. FDA authorization of booster shot this week - NYT
(Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson is planning to ask U.S. federal regulators this week to authorize a booster shot of its COVID-19 vaccine, the New York Times reported https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021...
Oct 04, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Johnson & Johnson logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo/File Photo
U.S. Democrats to pare climate, social spending; no clear target
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Congressional Democrats face the hard work of paring back the White House's sweeping infrastructure and social agenda in the week ahead, but have yet to agree on a target size fo...
Oct 04, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden talks to reporters as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi watches after the president met with Democratic lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol to promote his bipartisan infrastructure bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 1, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Texas law sparks hundreds of U.S. protests against abortion restrictions
WASHINGTON/AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) -Women marched by the thousands on Saturday on the Supreme Court, the Texas Capitol and cities across the United States to protest increasing state restrictions on a...
Oct 03, 2021 REUTERS/Go Nakamura
