Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Eerie bugling sounds ring out, during elk mating season in Washington state
By Matt McKnight EATONVILLE, Wash. (Reuters) - Each year, as the days of summer dwindle and the colors of fall begin to emerge in the U.S, Pacific Northwest, an otherworldly sound fills the air. In th...
Oct 11, 2022
New Biden labor rule would make contractors into employees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor proposed a rule on Tuesday that would make it more difficult for companies to treat workers as independent contractors, a change that is expected to...
Oct 11, 2022
Film on murdered teen ‘Till’ focuses on mother-son love
By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway (Reuters) - Emmett Till's murder and the acquittal of his killers became a landmark case in the American civil rights movement due to the brutality of his death and...
Oct 11, 2022
Exclusive-U.S. finds new quality problems at Lilly drug factory
By Dan Levine and Marisa Taylor (Reuters) - U.S. drug inspectors recently recorded several new quality- control problems at an Eli Lilly and Co plant that is already the subject of a federal investiga...
Oct 11, 2022
FBI agent who probed Oath Keepers’ role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot to testify in trial
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An FBI agent will testify on Tuesday in the trial of the founder of the anti-government Oath Keepers group and four others accused of plotting to use force on ...
Oct 11, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court mulls line between art and theft in Warhol case
By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is set to ponder in a case centering on paintings by the late artist Andy Warhol a question as philosophical as it is legal: what is the...
Oct 11, 2022
Labor Dept rule on independent contractors likely to land as early as Tuesday – sources
(Adds related content) By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposed Department of Labor rule defining whether workers for rideshare, retail and delivery companies are misidentified as independent...
Oct 10, 2022
Senior U.S. senator wants ‘freeze’ on Saudi cooperation, blasts Riyadh
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee called on Monday for a freeze on cooperation with Saudi Arabia, including most arms s...
Oct 10, 2022
Georgia prosecutor seeks testimony from police chaplain in election probe
By Linda So and Peter Eisler WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Georgia prosecutor investigating former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election is seeking testimony from...
Oct 10, 2022
Los Angeles council president steps down after audio leak of racist comments
(Reuters) - A Los Angeles city councilwoman resigned as president of the council on Monday after the release of an audio recording in which she makes racist and other disparaging comments, including o...
Oct 10, 2022
