Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Factbox-Support for Taiwan included in massive U.S. defense bill
By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States could soon offer billions of dollars in military financing for Taiwan, fast-track weapons sales and increase military coordination, as Chi...
Oct 11, 2022
U.S. Gulf grain exports slowed by low Mississippi River
By Karl Plume (Reuters) - U.S. crop exports at Louisiana Gulf Coast terminals were at their lowest level in nine years for the first week of October, a period when export shipments typically accelerat...
Oct 11, 2022
U.S. Senate kicks off debate on massive defense bill, targets China, Russia
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate formally kicked off debate on Tuesday on the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, a must-pass $817 billion bill setting policy for the P...
Oct 11, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court weighs pork industry challenge to California law
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed the constitutionality of a California law banning the sale of pork from pigs confined in spaces with too little space to move free...
Oct 11, 2022
Carbon monoxide leak at Pennsylvania daycare sends children to hospital
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - A carbon monoxide leak sent dozens of children and staffers at a Pennsylvania daycare center to local hospitals on Tuesday in an evacuation that drew every ambulance in the c...
Oct 11, 2022
Closing arguments begin in penalty phase of Parkland shooter
By Brian Ellsworth MIAMI (Reuters) - Closing arguments began on Tuesday in the penalty phase of the trial of a man who killed 17 people in mass shooting on Valentine's Day in 2018 at a Florida high sc...
Oct 11, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Charleston church gunman Dylann Roof’s appeal
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear white supremacist Dylann Roof's bid to overturn his conviction and death sentence for fatally shooting nine Black people ...
Oct 11, 2022
U.S. experts urge anxiety screening for children 8 and older
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - An influential panel of U.S. experts recommended for the first time on Tuesday that primary care doctors screen all children ages 8 to 18 for anxiety, even if ...
Oct 11, 2022
National Archives rejects Trump claim on former presidents’ records
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Archives, the federal agency responsible for preserving U.S. government records, on Tuesday rejected former President Donald Trump's claim that his predecessors had...
Oct 11, 2022
Baltimore murder case dropped against Syed, subject of ‘Serial’ podcast
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Baltimore prosecutors on Tuesday dropped their case against a man found guilty of the 1999 killing of his ex-girlfriend in a case that drew national attention after the ...
Oct 11, 2022
