Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
TikTok to verify political accounts in U.S., ban campaign fundraising
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - TikTok will begin requiring accounts belonging to U.S. government departments, politicians and political parties to be verified and will ban videos aimed at campaign fundrai...
Sep 21, 2022
U.S. mortgage interest rates reach 6.25%, highest level since October 2008
(Reuters) - The average interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan climbed to its highest level since October 2008, Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) data showed on Wednesday. Rising mortgage r...
Sep 21, 2022
Factbox-Five states have abortion initiatives on their U.S. midterms ballot
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - Voters in five states will consider abortion-related ballot measures in the Nov. 8 election, initiatives that have taken on new urgency after the U.S. Supreme Court ove...
Sep 21, 2022
U.S. bank CEOs set for congressional grilling by Democrats and Republicans
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and other major U.S. banks are set to be grilled by both Democratic and Republican la...
Sep 21, 2022
U.S. rents surge, leaving behind generation of younger workers
By Rose Horowitch (Reuters) - The cost of renting a home in the United States is surging and young workers have felt the sharpest pain, many of them taking on additional jobs or roommates to afford ho...
Sep 21, 2022
Fire crews rush to douse blaze at BP’s Ohio refinery
(Reuters) - Fire crews responded to fire and smoke at BP and Cenovus Energy's 150,800 barrel-per-day Toledo, Ohio, oil refinery on Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the matter. The cause of...
Sep 20, 2022
Washington Monument vandalized, one man taken into custody
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man has been taken into custody after the Washington Monument was vandalized late on Tuesday, police said, adding that the area around the base of the monume...
Sep 20, 2022
Trump ally sues U.S. Justice Department, demands return of seized cellphone
(Reuters) - My Pillow Inc's chief executive, Mike Lindell, an ally of former President Donald Trump, sued the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday seeking the return of his cellphone, which FBI agents s...
Sep 20, 2022
Seattle teachers approve new contract after their strike
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Seattle teachers, who went on strike earlier this month over pay, staffing and mental health support, approved a new three-year contract that includes an increase in pay ...
Sep 20, 2022
Trump rape accuser E. Jean Carroll plans new claims against former president
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A onetime Elle magazine columnist who accused Donald Trump of raping her more than a quarter-century ago plans to file a new lawsuit against the former U.S. president over the inc...
Sep 20, 2022
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