Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Montana ban on changing gender on birth certificate blocked by judge
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A Montana judge on Thursday blocked the state from enforcing a new rule that prohibited transgender people from changing their gender on their birth certificate, local m...
Sep 15, 2022
Factbox-Last-minute deal by U.S. railroads, unions shifts focus to road ahead
(Reuters) - Major U.S. freight railroads and unions representing 115,000 workers secured a tentative deal after 20 hours of intense talks brokered by the Biden administration to avert a shutdown. A st...
Sep 15, 2022
Rapper Cardi B pleads guilty to two misdemeanors in New York strip club fight
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning rapper Cardi B pleaded guilty on Thursday to two misdemeanors stemming from a 2018 fight in a New York City strip club, prosecutors said, ...
Sep 15, 2022
U.S. railroads, workers avert shutdown, but hard work remains to finalize contract deal
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. freight railways and unions representing 115,000 workers may have reached a deal to avert a damaging shutdown that could have battered the U.S. economy, ...
Sep 15, 2022
Republicans using migrants as ‘political pawns,’ White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican governors are using migrants as "political pawns," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday, when asked about a decision by Florida Governor Ro...
Sep 15, 2022
U.S. sets target for floating offshore wind farms expansion
(Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled a plan to accelerate development of next-generation floating offshore wind farms by slashing the cost of the technology by 70% and setting a g...
Sep 15, 2022
U.S. Senate fails to coalesce behind gay marriage bill, talks to continue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Thursday decided to put off until after the Nov. 8 congressional elections any vote on legislation protecting gay marriage, dashing the ho...
Sep 15, 2022
Former U.S. water polo coach wins new college admissions scandal trial
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge ordered a new trial for a former University of Southern California water polo coach convicted of accepting bribes to help children get into the s...
Sep 15, 2022
Biden to meet with relatives of two Americans jailed in Russia -AP
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden plans to meet with family members of two Americans jailed in Russia - basketball star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, the Associated Press reported ...
Sep 15, 2022
Factbox-Why Martha’s Vineyard is center stage in U.S. immigration fight
(Reuters) - Martha's Vineyard is a largely liberal island off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, frequented by some of America's richest and most powerful people. Now it has taken center stage in the U.S. polit...
Sep 15, 2022
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