Category Archives: National

Police find remains 'consistent with' Gabby Petito in Wyoming
(Reuters) -Crews searching a national park in Wyoming for missing Gabby Petito have found remains "consistent" with the 22-year-old woman but have not yet made a formal identification, the FBI said. P...
Ed Hammond Sep 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: North Port/Florida Police/Handout via REUTERS

Boxer Manny Pacquiao to run for Philippine president in 2022
MANILA (Reuters) -Boxing star Manny Pacquiao said on Sunday he will run for president of the Philippines next year, after railing against corruption in government and what he calls President Rodrigo D...
Ed Hammond Sep 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Picture taken September 20, 2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo

Amid high security, small pro-Trump crowd rallies at U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Police and media vastly outnumbered protesters around the U.S. Capitol on Saturday at a sparsely attended rally by supporters of the people who breached the building on Jan. 6, t...
Ed Hammond Sep 19, 2021 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

U.S. Capitol on high alert as pro-Trump demonstrators converge for rally
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of police officers will be on duty around the U.S. Capitol on Saturday braced for a rally by supporters of the hundreds of people who breached the building on Jan. 6 tr...
Ed Hammond Sep 18, 2021 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

U.S. FDA advisers recommend COVID-19 boosters for older adults after rejecting broad approval
UPDATED 4:07 P.M. (Reuters) -A panel of expert outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted on Friday to recommend COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for Americans 65 and older and thos...
Will Stevenson Sep 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A person receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a mobile inoculation site in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., August 18, 2021. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado

Pentagon says Kabul drone strike killed 10 civilians in 'tragic mistake'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Friday that a drone strike in Kabul last month killed as many 10 civilians, including seven children, and it apologized for what the Pentagon said it w...
Will Stevenson Sep 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, arrives at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this photo taken on August 17, 2021 and released by U.S. Navy on August 18, 2021. U.S NAVY/Central Command Public Affairs/Capt.William Urgan/Handout via REUTERS

Plane carrying Afghans, U.S. and European citizens from Kabul arrives in Doha
DUBAI (Reuters) -The third chartered flight bringing civilians from Afghanistan to Qatar since U.S. forces withdrew last month landed on Friday with around 170 passengers on board, including U.S. and ...
Will Stevenson Sep 17, 2021 U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kaila V. Peters/Handout via REUTERS

Biden expects Congress to approve spending, infrastructure bills
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday expressed confidence that Congress will pass both a bill funding infrastructure investments and a supplementary spending bill as Democrats seek to infus...
Will Stevenson Sep 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden gives remarks at Mather Airport, California, U.S., September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

U.S. House panel advances Democrats' plan to raise taxes on the wealthy, corporations
UPDATED 5:28PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Legislation to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations advanced out of a U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday to help fund President Joe Biden'...
Will Stevenson Sep 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is pictured in Washington, U.S., August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

Unvaccinated children suffering COVID impact, Americas health agency warns
BRASILIA (Reuters) - As more adults get their COVID-19 vaccines, children who are not yet eligible for vaccination in most countries are representing a larger percentage of hospitalizations and even d...
Will Stevenson Sep 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A 14-year-old boy gets a dose of the Soberana 02 vaccine during its clinical trials at a hospital amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Havana, Cuba, June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo


