Category Archives: National
Pope denies resignation report, says leads normal life after surgery
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis is not thinking of resigning and is living "a totally normal life" following intestinal surgery in July, he said in a radio interview broadcast on Wednesday. Spea...
Sep 01, 2021 Pope Francis speaks during an interview with Spanish radio station COPE at the Vatican City in this picture released September 1, 2021. Carlos Herrera en COPE/Handout via REUTERS
Biden cites Afghan military, Trump role in messy Afghanistan exit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday rejected criticism of his decision to stick to a deadline to pull out of Afghanistan this week, a move that left 100 to 200 Americans in the countr...
Aug 31, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to deliver remarks on Afghanistan during a speech in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Mike Richards leaves executive producer role at Jeopardy!
UPDATE 12:04 P.M. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Mike Richards, who earlier this month stepped down as the new host of "Jeopardy!" after a backlash over past offensive comments, will no longer serve as execut...
Aug 31, 2021 An undated handout photo of new "Jeopardy!" host Mike Richards, who is also the executive producer of the long-running daily TV quiz show. Carol Kaelson/Sony Pictures Entertainment/Handout via REUTERS
Mississippi highway collapses in Ida's wake, Louisiana grapples with power, water woes
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) -Two people were killed and 10 injured when a deep crevasse opened up on a Mississippi highway in the wake of heavy rains unleashed by Hurricane Ida, a powerful storm that left p...
Aug 31, 2021 A destroyed car is seen under the debris of a building after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, U.S., August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Last U.S. forces leave Afghanistan after nearly 20 years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has completed the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan, U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, following a chaotic airlift nearly 20 years after it invade...
Aug 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, arrive to provide security in support of Operation Allies Refuge at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 20, 2021. Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS /File Photo
EU drops U.S. from list of COVID-safe countries for travel
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments agreed on Monday to remove the United States from the EU's safe travel list, meaning U.S. visitors and those from five other countries are likely to fac...
Aug 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Oil up, off session highs after Ida; OPEC+ looks to boost output
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil edged higher on Monday, but remained below session highs as Hurricane Ida weakened after forcing shutdowns of U.S. Gulf oil production, and OPEC+ looked set to go ahead with a ...
Aug 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A pump jack operates in front of a drilling rig at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo
3rd annual BrownFest to be held Saturday in honor of late coach Kevin Brown
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- This Saturday, Sept. 4, the third annual BrownFest will be held at Five Points Washington to benefit KBStrong -- Fighting the Fight, the foundation created in honor of late Washing...
Aug 30, 2021 Photo Courtesy: KBStrong - Fighting the Fight
Actor Ed Asner, star of "Mary Tyler Moore," "Lou Grant," dies at age 91
(Reuters) - Ed Asner, who played a gruff newsman for laughs and for drama in the classic TV series "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spinoff "Lou Grant" in the 1970s and 1980s and was honored with s...
Aug 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
Olympics - Former IOC president Rogge dies at 79
(Reuters) - Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has died at the age of 79, the IOC said on Sunday. Rogge served as the IOC's eighth president from 2001 to 2013 and wen...
Aug 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian
