Category Archives: National
FDA clears Pfizer COVID-19 booster for older and at-risk Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for those 65 and older, all people at high risk of se...
Sep 23, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A health worker draws a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a vial 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
U.S. congressional negotiations on police reforms fail
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiations in the U.S. Congress to tighten police practices following the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis have collapsed, Democratic Senator Cory Booker said on Wed...
Sep 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A view of the George Floyd mural at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue a day before opening statements in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who is facing murder charges in the death of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., March 28, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
U.S. CDC advisers could vote on Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster on Thursday
(Reuters) -A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel could vote on the use of a third shot of Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, an agency offici...
Sep 22, 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. to donate 500 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses to other countries -Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday promised to buy 500 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses to donate to other countries as it comes under increasing pressure to share its supply with...
Sep 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/Pool
U.S. and Mexico fly Haitian migrants away from border as pressure builds on Biden
CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico and the United States were on Wednesday preparing to fly more Haitian migrants away from chaotic U.S.-Mexico border camps, as pressure mounted on U.S. President...
Sep 22, 2021 Migrants are separated from others as they are prepared for transport as others await to be processed in a makeshift camp along the International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas, U.S. September 21, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
U.S. House approves bill to suspend debt limit, fund government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday to fund the U.S. government through Dec. 3 and suspend the nation's borrowing limit until the end of 2022, sen...
Sep 22, 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
Body found in Wyoming identified as missing woman Gabby Petito- FBI
(Reuters) - A body found in a U.S. national park in Wyoming has been identified as Gabby Petito, the young woman who went missing during a road trip with her fiance and that her death was a homicide, ...
Sep 21, 2021 Gabrielle Petito, 22, who was reported missing on September 11, 2021 after traveling with her boyfriend around the country in a van and never returned home, poses for a photo with Brian Laundrie in this undated handout photo. North Port/Florida Police/Handout via REUTERS
At U.N., Biden promises 'relentless diplomacy,' defense of democracy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden mapped out a new era of vigorous competition without a new Cold War despite China's ascendance during his first United Nations address on Tuesday, pr...
Sep 21, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden meets with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 20, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
J&J says second shot boosts protection for moderate-severe COVID-19 to 94%
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday a second shot of its COVID-19 vaccine given about two months after the first increased its effectiveness to 94% in the United States against mode...
Sep 21, 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
Investigators in Gabby Petito case search her fiance's family home
(Reuters) -Police and FBI agents investigating the disappearance of Gabby Petito searched the Florida home of her fiance's parents on Monday, one day after finding a body in Wyoming that matched her d...
Sep 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: North Port/Florida Police/Handout via REUTERS
