Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
FAA ends COVID minimum international flight waiver at NY, DC airports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Wednesday it is ending temporary waivers of minimum international flight requirements at some major U.S. airports first adopted...
Oct 26, 2022
Yellen to visit Cleveland to tout Biden efforts to revive U.S. manufacturing
(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to Cleveland on Thursday to promote the Biden administration's economic initiatives aiming to revive U.S. manufacturing, especially in over...
Oct 26, 2022
U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker faces fresh claim of paying for abortion
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker, who has said he opposes abortion with no exceptions, faced fresh allegations on Wednesday from a second woman w...
Oct 26, 2022
TikTok immune from lawsuit over girl’s death from ‘blackout challenge’ -judge
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - TikTok Inc won dismissal of a lawsuit accusing it of causing the death of a 10-year-old girl by promoting a deadly "blackout challenge" that encouraged people to choke t...
Oct 26, 2022
Rail union representing 6,000 U.S. workers votes down labor deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) representing more than 6,000 members said Wednesday workers voted against ratifying a national tentative agreement reached in mid-Sep...
Oct 26, 2022
Pentagon successfully flight tests hypersonic weapon components
By Mike Stone WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy and Army blasted off a rocket from a seaside launch pad in Virginia to test nearly a dozen hypersonic weapon experiments on Wednesday to hel...
Oct 26, 2022
U.S. awards $1 billion to electrify school bus fleets
(Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled nearly $1 billion in awards to U.S. school districts to replace aging, gas-fueled school buses with cleaner, mainly electric models. The fund...
Oct 26, 2022
Biden and Israel’s Herzog to discuss Iran’s nuclear threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he plans to discuss Iran, including the nuclear threat it poses, with U.S. President Joe Biden in remarks just ahead of a bilateral meeting a...
Oct 26, 2022
Trump ally Barrack testifies Manafort asked him to seek Middle East input
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tom Barrack, the onetime fundraiser for Donald Trump who is now on trial on charges of being an illegal foreign agent, testified on Wednesday that former Trump campai...
Oct 26, 2022
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows ordered to testify in Trump Georgia probe
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's former White House chief of staff, was ordered by a South Carolina judge on Wednesday to testify in a Georgia criminal probe investigating whether...
Oct 26, 2022
