Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. basketball star Griner’s Russian appeal hearing adjourned for two hours
KRASNOGORSK, Russia (Reuters) -A Russian court on Tuesday began hearing an appeal by U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner against her conviction and nine-year jail sentence for possession and smu...
Oct 25, 2022
New York City man dragged, killed after clothes catch in subway train
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - A 20-year-old man was killed on Monday after his clothes caught in a New York City subway car, which dragged him onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train, police said,...
Oct 24, 2022
Biden says Republicans would cause ‘chaos’ in U.S. economy
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under pressure over his handling of inflation, U.S. President Joe Biden took aim on Monday at opposition Republicans, warning their economic plans would cause c...
Oct 24, 2022
White House says ‘not true’ that there is national security review of Elon Musk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday said reports suggesting that the United States was discussing launching a national security review of some of Elon Musk's ventures were "not true." Whi...
Oct 24, 2022
Comic actor Leslie Jordan, 67, killed in Hollywood car accident
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comic actor Leslie Jordan, a prime-time Emmy winner for his role on the hit sitcom "Will & Grace" and a social media sensation during the COVID-19 pandemic, died on Monday in a...
Oct 24, 2022
U.S. updates victim assistance guidelines after criticism in Boeing case
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has issued updated guidelines for victim and witness assistance after the government came under harsh criticism from the families...
Oct 24, 2022
U.S. groups urge Kerry to back climate compensation fund
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Over 100 U.S. environmental groups on Monday urged top U.S. climate diplomat John Kerry to support the creation of a fund that would compensate countries th...
Oct 24, 2022
U.S. government to issue warnings on election threats -Politico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal government is set to issue a warning this week about threats to the United States' elections operations ahead of Nov. 8 congressional elections, Politico reported on...
Oct 24, 2022
Three dead, including suspect, in shooting at St. Louis high school; six injured – police
(Reuters) - At least two people were killed and six injured in shooting at high school in St. Louis, Missouri, on Monday and the shooter was dead, St. Louis Police Commissioner Mike Mack said. (Report...
Oct 24, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court’s Thomas temporarily blocks Graham election case testimony
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas temporarily blocked a lower court's order requiring Senator Lindsay Graham to testify to a grand jury in Georgia investigating wh...
Oct 24, 2022
