Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Pharmacies ordered to pay $650.6 million to Ohio counties in opioid case
By Brendan Pierson and Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) - Pharmacy operators CVS, Walmart and Walgreens must pay a combined $650.6 million to two Ohio counties to address the damage done by the opioid epidem...
Aug 17, 2022
FDA says faulty Philips device reports accelerating as CEO departs
By Toby Sterling and Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said reports of faulty Philips ventilators and sleep apnea machines had risen in the past quarter,...
Aug 17, 2022
Californians asked to cut power use as extreme heat approaches
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Californians were urged to ratchet down the use of electricity in their homes and businesses on Wednesday as a wave of extreme heat settles over much of the state, stret...
Aug 17, 2022
Pence says he would consider testifying to Jan. 6 Capitol riot panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday he would consider testifying before the House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the ...
Aug 17, 2022
Giuliani to testify in Georgia criminal probe into 2020 U.S. election
(Reuters) - Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's onetime personal lawyer, arrived at an Atlanta courthouse on Wednesday to testify in a Georgia criminal probe examining attempts by the former U.S. president ...
Aug 17, 2022
U.S. judge reinstates Biden administration’s federal oil, gas leasing pause
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. circuit judge on Wednesday reinstated the Biden administration's pause on new oil and gas leasing on federal land and waters, a key piece of the president's climate chang...
Aug 17, 2022
U.S. retail sales flat in July; core sales rise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales were unchanged in July as declining gasoline prices weighed on receipts at service stations, but consumer spending appeared to holding up, which could further ...
Aug 17, 2022
In New Mexico, Muslims reject sectarian label put on killings
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - National Muslim groups have linked the killings of four Muslim men in New Mexico to sectarianism, but Muslims who knew the victims and suspected gunman point to revenge and p...
Aug 17, 2022
Pricey pencils, paper: U.S. teachers get schooled in inflation
By Gigi Zamora NEW YORK (Reuters) - Teachers face a harsh lesson as inflation drives up the cost of everything from paper to pencils before the school year begins, leading some to cut back on supplies...
Aug 17, 2022
Analysis-Biden debt relief plan disappoints Black farmers for avoiding race
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some Black farmers say they are disappointed by a new U.S. agriculture debt relief program that stands to save thousands of farmers from foreclosure, after the p...
Aug 17, 2022
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