Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Chess-Niemann files $100m defamation lawsuit against Carlsen, Chess.com
(Reuters) - Hans Niemann, the teenage American grandmaster at the centre of an alleged cheating scandal, sued world champion Magnus Carlsen, online platform Chess.com and others for slander and libel ...
Oct 20, 2022
Pfizer expects to raise COVID vaccine price to $110-$130 per dose
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) -Pfizer Inc expects to raise the price of its COVID-19 vaccine to about $110 to $130 per dose after the United States government's current purchase program expires,...
Oct 20, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court’s Barrett declines to block Biden student loan relief
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday declined to block President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt in a challenge to the pol...
Oct 20, 2022
Three Louisiana men freed after 28 years in prison for wrongful murder convictions
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - Three men wrongfully imprisoned for 28 years for a New Orleans murder have been freed after prosecutors agreed with defense attorneys that their conviction was based on sho...
Oct 20, 2022
Around 250 Honduran migrants head toward United States fleeing poverty
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Around 250 Honduran migrants were joined by a group of Venezuelans fleeing poverty and seeking to reach the United States, a migration official said on Thursday. Local TV showe...
Oct 20, 2022
U.S. FTC votes to strengthen rules against fake online reviews and hidden fees
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. agency voted on Thursday to begin making rules to crack down on deceptive marketing practices such as fake online reviews and excessive hidden fees also kn...
Oct 20, 2022
U.S. charges 7 in alleged plot to repatriate U.S. resident to China
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States unsealed criminal charges on Thursday against seven Chinese nationals accused of waging a surveillance and harassment campaign against a U.S....
Oct 20, 2022
U.S. military suicide rate drops but still seeking ‘sustained’ reduction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The rate of suicide among active duty service members decreased by more than 15% between 2020 and 2021, a new Pentagon report released on Thursday said, even as officials said m...
Oct 20, 2022
Walmart to pay $215 million to settle Florida opioid claims
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Walmart Inc has agreed to pay $215 million to resolve claims its pharmacies fueled an epidemic of opioid addiction in Florida, the state's attorney general announced on ...
Oct 20, 2022
Shallow Mississippi River to persist as dry winter hits U.S. South – NOAA
By Karl Plume (Reuters) - Low water levels on the Mississippi River are likely to persist this winter as drier-than-normal weather is expected across the southern United States and Gulf Coast, U.S. go...
Oct 20, 2022
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