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More oil tankers shun southern Red Sea after US-led strikes in Yemen
By Robert Harvey, Natalie Grover and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) -At least six more oil tankers were steering clear of the southern Red Sea on Monday, as disruptions on the vital route for energy s...
Jan 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A cargo ship boat model is seen in front of "Red Sea" words in this illustration taken January 9, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
UPDATE: Dangerously cold temps continue across US as 2024 presidential race begins in Iowa
UPDATED 4:00 P.M. (Reuters) - Much of the United States remained gripped by an Arctic blast on Monday, cutting power to tens of thousands of customers in northern states and Texas and potentially damp...
Jan 15, 2024 A woman walks down a street amid sub-zero temperatures, ahead of the Iowa state caucus vote, in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., January 15, 2024. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Iowa principal dies from injuries sustained in school shooting
(Reuters) - The principal of a school in a small Iowa town who was injured during a shooting on campus at the beginning of the month died on Sunday, his family said. Dan Marburger, had been principal ...
Jan 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A medical examiner enters the school as police respond to a school shooting at the Perry Middle School and High School complex in Perry, Iowa, U.S., January 4, 2024. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo
Miss America 2024 crowned Sunday night
ORLANDO, Fl. - She didn't make the top 11, but Jessica Tilton, a Washington native and medical student at Southern Illinois University, represented Illinois Sunday night at the Miss America pageant. M...
Jan 15, 2024 (Miss America Facebook)
Biden, Harris mark MLK day as Republicans caucus in Iowa
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in early-voting South Carolina on Monday, wielding the civil-rights icon's legacy to ...
Jan 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris gestures as she boards Air Force Two after attending the 43rd ASEAN Summit at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia on September 7, 2023. Yasuyoshi Chiba/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo
US congressional leaders unveil stopgap bill to avert shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress on Sunday unveiled a short-term spending bill that would avert a partial government shutdown and keep federal agencies oper...
Jan 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Dome is illuminated in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Dangerous cold continues to cover Central Illinois this week with frigid temperatures
LINCOLN, Ill. -- The National Weather Service in Lincoln says bitter cold conditions will continue through much of this week. Wind chills will again fall to -25 to -30 Monday night into Tuesday mornin...
Jan 15, 2024 (National Weather Service)
Two US Navy sailors reported missing while conducting operations off coast of Somalia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. Navy sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia on Thursday evening, the U.S. military said in a statement on Friday, add...
Jan 14, 2024 Ken Jones / CC
Fierce fighting in Gaza as war hits 100 days
DOHA/GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli tanks and aircraft hit targets in southern and central Gaza on Sunday and there were fierce gun battles in some areas as the war reached 100 days since the Oct. 7 attack ...
Jan 14, 2024 Israeli military operates near Gaza, amid a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, in South Israel, November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File photo
Republicans battle cold in Iowa with big poll setting the tone
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - A highly anticipated poll set the tone for a final full day of campaigning in ice-cold Iowa on Sunday, with Donald Trump maintaining a big lead and Nikki Haley overtaking ...
Jan 14, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy leaves a campaign event ahead of the Iowa caucus vote in Hubbard, Iowa, U.S. January 12, 2024. REUTERS/Sergio Flores
