Category Archives: National
U.S. strikes at Islamic State militants in Kabul as withdrawal nears end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -American forces launched a drone strike in Kabul on Sunday targeting a suicide bomber in a vehicle who was aiming to attack the airport, U.S. officials said, as the United States...
Aug 29, 2021 U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Davis Harris/Handout via REUTERS
Louisiana braces for Hurricane Ida
UPDATE - 10:29 a.m. NEW ORLEANS - (Reuters) - By early Sunday, Ida was a Category 4 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. At 11 a.m. CDT (1600 GMT)...
Aug 29, 2021 REUTERS/Marco Bello
Biden to receive bodies of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden headed to Dover Air Force Base on Sunday to honor members of the U.S. military killed in a suicide bomb attack during the evacuation of ci...
Aug 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Biden aide guarantees safe passage for Americans from Afghanistan
UPDATE - 7:53 a.m. (Reuters) -U.S. forces were in the final phase of pulling out of Kabul, ending two decades of costly involvement in Afghanistan, as the country's new Taliban rulers prepared to take...
Aug 29, 2021 U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kaila V. Peters/Handout via REUTERS
Former Ambassador: Afghanistan situation a "disaster" for U.S.
PEORIA, Ill. - A former Ambassador to Afghanistan who will be speaking again in Peoria in a few weeks says the U.S. withdrawal from that country has been "terrible," and the country has a "disaster" o...
Aug 27, 2021 Courtesy: American Academy of Diplomacy
Biden warns Kabul airport attackers: 'We will hunt you down'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden, his voice breaking with emotion, vowed on Thursday the United States would hunt down the attackers of twin explosions at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan an...
Aug 26, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden reacts during a moment of silence for the dead as he delivers remarks about Afghanistan, from the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Dozens of civilians, 12 U.S. troops killed in bloodbath at Kabul airport
(Reuters) - Suicide bombers struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport with at least two explosions on Thursday, causing a bloodbath among civilians and U.S. troops, and bringing a catastrophic halt to...
Aug 26, 2021 Crowds of people show their documents to U.S. troops outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
Biden aims for Aug. 31 Afghanistan pullout as risk of attacks rises
(Reuters) -Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers said on Tuesday all foreign evacuations from the country must be completed by Aug. 31, and the White House said U.S. President Joe Biden is aiming to stick ...
Aug 24, 2021 Afghans board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, August 22, 2021. U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. House advances Biden's multi-trillion-dollar domestic agenda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to advance key parts of President Joe Biden's agenda, after moderates and progressives reached a compromi...
Aug 24, 2021 U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) arrives for a House Democratic caucus meeting amidst ongoing negotiations over budget and infrastructure legislation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. August 24, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Greater Peoria EDC helping 'get back to business'
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Greater Peoria Economic Development Council (GPEDC) is out in the community trying to help businesses with new grant money available from the State of Illinois. Illinois launched t...
Aug 24, 2021 Greater Peoria Economic Development Council
