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At least one dead due to New Mexico wildfires, thousands evacuated
(Reuters) - At least one person died due to the wildfires in New Mexico which have also led to the evacuation of thousands of people and damaged hundreds of structures, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham...
Jun 19, 2024 A USDA Forest Service hotshot firefighter returns from battling the blaze and assisting with evacuations caused by the South Fork Fire in Ruidoso, New Mexico, U.S. June 17, 2024. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal
Biden, Clintons raise over $8 million at fundraiser in critical Virginia
MCCLEAN, Virginia (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's re-election effort raised $8.1 million at a fundraiser on Tuesday in Virginia, where Biden, joined by former President Bill Clinton and former ...
Jun 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden, former U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton participate in a discussion moderated by Stephen Colbert, host of CBS's "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert", during a campaign fundraising event at Radio City Music Hall in New York, U.S., March 28, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Explainer-What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
(Reuters) - Juneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, is always observed on June 19 each year. It became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bil...
Jun 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A man holds a Juneteenth flag as people gather to celebrate Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves elsewhere in the United States, in Galveston, Texas, U.S., June 19, 2022. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare//File Photo
Trump decries state of economy in Wisconsin city where his promise of jobs fell short
RACINE, Wisconsin (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sought to present himself as the best candidate for the U.S. economy at a Tuesday rally in Racine, Wisconsin, where a local ...
Jun 19, 2024 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a campaign event, in Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. June 18, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Baseball legend Willie Mays, all-around great of America's pastime, dead at 93
(Reuters) -Willie Mays, the Hall of Fame centerfielder whose all-around skills made him one of greatest baseball players of all time, died on Tuesday at the age of 93, Major League Baseball announced....
Jun 19, 2024 May 7, 2021; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants retired center fielded Willie Mays (24) celebrates his 90th birthday with fans at Oracle Park before the start of the game against the San Diego Padres. Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports
UPDATE: Russia's Putin and North Korea's Kim sign mutual defence pact
UPDATED 3:16 P.M. SEOUL (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a deal with North Korea's Kim Jong Un on Wednesday that included a mutual defence pledge, one of Russia's most significant mo...
Jun 19, 2024 Russian President Vladimir Putin is welcomed by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un upon his arrival at an airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this image released by the Korean Central News Agency June 19, 2024. KCNA via REUTERS
Boeing CEO blasted in US Senate hearing while apologizing for safety woes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. senators on Tuesday attacked the CEO of Boeing for the planemaker's tarnished safety record, overshadowing his apology to families who lost loved ones in two 737 MAX crashes...
Jun 18, 2024 Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun speaks with reporters ahead of meeting with U.S. senators on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2024. REUTERS/Valerie Insinna/File Photo
Reditus founder and former CEO faces more federal charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A federal grand jury on Tuesday issued more indictments against Reditus Labs founder and former CEO Aaron Rossi. The 40-year-old Rossi faces six counts of healthcare fraud, one count of...
Jun 18, 2024 (25 News)
Killer who attacked Colorado gay club pleads guilty to hate crimes, sentenced
DENVER (Reuters) -The convicted shooter who killed five people in a 2022 attack at a gay nightclub in Colorado, pleaded guilty to federal hate crime and gun charges on Tuesday and received multiple se...
Jun 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Anderson Lee Aldrich takes his seat following a break, after he pleaded guilty to murder and other crimes in a 2022 shooting that killed five people at the Club Q gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. in a still image from courtroom Webex video June 26, 2023. El Paso County Court/Handout via REUTERS
Washington city council balks at price increase for constructing new police evidence building
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The city of Washington will be taking a second look at what it will cost to build a new police evidence building. City council at Monday's meeting voted against an amendment to the ...
Jun 18, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
