Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. labor board to expand companies’ ‘joint employer’ liability
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A U.S. labor board on Tuesday moved to make it easier for workers and unions to hold companies liable for labor law violations by their franchisees and contractors, prop...
Sep 06, 2022
White House: Canada stabbing spree was ‘senseless’ and ‘devastating’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday a a stabbing spree in Canada , where mass violence is rare, is "senseless" and "devastating." "We stand with Canad...
Sep 06, 2022
HSBC not liable for al-Qaeda suicide attack at CIA base -US appeals court
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A divided U.S. appeals court on Tuesday said HSBC Holdings Plc was not liable to the families of two American contractors killed in an al-Qaeda suicide bombing of a CIA...
Sep 06, 2022
U.S. military to test launch an ICBM Wednesday, notifies Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military will test launch an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, the Pentagon said, adding it has notified Russia in advance. A Pentagon spokesman describe...
Sep 06, 2022
U.S. COVID-19 shots to remain free, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccines will remain available at no cost in the United States, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha said on Tuesday, adding that the country is moving ...
Sep 06, 2022
U.S. Labor Day holiday air passengers topped 2019 levels – TSA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials screened 8.76 million air travelers over the four-day Labor Day weekend marking the first time holiday weekend screening volume exceeds 2019 pre-pandemic levels. ...
Sep 06, 2022
California power prices soar to highest since 2020 in heat wave
(Reuters) - U.S. power prices in California and other western states for Tuesday soared to their highest since California's electric grid operator imposed rotating outages in August 2020 as a brutal h...
Sep 06, 2022
U.S. Department of Commerce releases plan for $50 billion chips investments
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce released its plan for implementing its $50 billion program to subsidize domestic chip manufacturing and expand research early on Tuesday. The CHIPS - Creati...
Sep 06, 2022
Explainer-Proceed with caution: How new U.S. laws could trip up voters this November
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - U.S. states have enacted more than 30 new voting restrictions since 2020, from voter ID requirements to limits on mail-in voting, fueling tensions between Republicans and De...
Sep 06, 2022
Gov’t funding, gay marriage in focus as U.S. Congress returns from break
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress needs to pass a stop-gap bill to keep the federal government funded and could also vote on protecting gay marriage rights during a brief Washi...
Sep 06, 2022
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