Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Google approves Trump’s Truth Social for Play Store
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has approved former U.S. President Donald Trump's social media app Truth Social for distribution in the Google Play Store, a company spokesperson said...
Oct 12, 2022
The legal fallout from Alex Jones’ false Sandy Hook claims
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - A Connecticut jury on Wednesday ordered U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $965 million for spreading falsehoods about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting. Here is a ti...
Oct 12, 2022
USW union, Cleveland-Cliffs ratify new labor agreement
(Reuters) - The United Steelworkers (USW) union and Cleveland-Cliffs Inc on Wednesday said that 12,000 union-represented employees had ratified a new, four-year labor contract that offers employees be...
Oct 12, 2022
U.S. court temporarily reinstates blocked parts of New York’s new gun law
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday agreed to temporarily reverse a lower court's order that had blocked much of New York's new gun law to allow a legal challenge by a gun-owners...
Oct 12, 2022
U.S. power use to reach record high in 2022 as economy grows, weather hotter -EIA
(Reuters) - U.S. power consumption will rise to a record high in 2022 due to rising economic activity and hotter summer weather, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Short-Term...
Oct 12, 2022
Minority farmers sue U.S. government over repealed debt relief program
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Black and other farmers of color filed a class action lawsuit against the U.S. government on Wednesday, claiming the recent repeal of a debt relief program that ...
Oct 12, 2022
U.S. Treasury probing misuse of federal funds for DeSantis’s migrant flights
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury is investigating whether Florida Governor Ron DeSantis improperly used federal funds to pay for flights transporting migrants from Texas to ...
Oct 12, 2022
Trump loses bid to delay rape accuser’s lawsuit ahead of deposition
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Wednesday lost a bid to delay a defamation lawsuit brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll after he denied having raped her, ahead of a deposition of th...
Oct 12, 2022
U.S. home heating bills expected to surge this winter – EIA
(Reuters) - U.S. consumers can expect to pay up to 28% more to heat their homes this winter due to surging fuel costs and a slightly colder weather forecast than last year, the U.S. Energy Information...
Oct 12, 2022
U.S. to issue new cybersecurity requirements for critical aviation systems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. transportation security agency said Wednesday it plans to issue new cybersecurity requirements for some key aviation systems after several U.S. airport websites earlier t...
Oct 12, 2022
