Category Archives: National
Willard Scott, rollicking weatherman of TV's 'Today' show 35 years, dies at 87
(Reuters) - Willard Scott, the ebullient former "Today" show weatherman, venerator of centenarians, pitchman extraordinaire and the original hamburger-hawking Ronald McDonald, died on Saturday, his su...
Sep 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Pope hopes many countries take Afghan refugees and young are educated
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was praying that many countries take Afghan refugees and, in an apparent reference to the Taliban's past restrictions on schooling for wome...
Sep 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Biden to visit all three sites of Sept. 11 attacks - White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will visit all three sites of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacking attacks next week to honor the nearly 3,000 people killed and mark the 20th anniversary of t...
Sep 04, 2021 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Tennis - Osaka plans to take break from the sport
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two-time champion Naomi Osaka's U.S. Open title defense ended in tears on Friday, as she suffered a stunning defeat in the third round to Canadian Leylah Fernandez 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4,...
Sep 04, 2021 Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports
Biden orders declassification reviews of documents related to Sept. 11 attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday ordered reviews of the potential declassification of documents from the FBI's investigation into the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United Stat...
Sep 03, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the August Jobs Report at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Peoria Ameren workers among those assisting with power restoration after Ida
PEORIA, Ill. -- A caravan of Ameren Illinois bucket and line trucks arrived in Louisiana Friday to support power restoration efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, including two Peoria crew member...
Sep 03, 2021 Courtesy: Ameren Illinois
160 Illinois National Guard members being used in Ida relief
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday approximately 160 members of the Illinois Army National Guard are being activated in support of Hurricane Ida relief efforts. "As states across t...
Sep 03, 2021 The National Guard / CC
Top U.S. health officials say not enough data to recommend boosters widely -New York Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. health officials have told the White House they may not have enough data to recommend COVID-19 booster shots for the wider general public by late September as President ...
Sep 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Medical assistant Mariasha Davis draws the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe before people are inoculated at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/File Photo
U.S. administers third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to over 1 million people - CDC
(Reuters) -The United States has administered a third dose of either Pfizer Inc-BioNTech or Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccines to over 1 million people since Aug. 13, when regulators authorized an additi...
Sep 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A person receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Floyd's Family Pharmacy as cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) surge in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, U.S., August 5, 2021.REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
Durbin talks about end of Afghanistan war, Afghan refugees in U.S., and P.O.W. from Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois U.S. Senator Dick Durbin says he supported beginning the war in Afghanistan, and he supported it ending. But, in a conference call with reporters Wednesday, the Democrat s...
Sep 01, 2021 Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
