Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Explainer-What is behind the heat waves affecting the United States?
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Virtually all the contiguous United States experienced above normal temperatures in the past week, with more dangerously hot weather forecast. The U.S. heat wave followed ...
Jul 24, 2022
Suspect accused of attacking U.S. Rep Zeldin faces federal charges
(Reuters) - A man accused of trying this week to stab Republican U.S. Representative and New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin was arrested on Saturday on a federal charge of assaulting a member...
Jul 23, 2022
California truckers halt ‘gig-worker’ law protests over weekend as port activity slows
By RachnaManojkumar Dhanrajani and Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) - Independent truckers who have been protesting at California's busy Oakland seaport over the past week against a new state law known as the...
Jul 23, 2022
Biden’s physician: president’s COVID conditions continue to improve
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's COVID-19 symptoms continue to improve and now include "less troublesome" sore throat, runny nose, loose cough and body aches, his physician, Dr. Kevin O'Co...
Jul 23, 2022
‘Baked Alaska’ pleads guilty to misdemeanor for role in U.S. Capitol riot
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The far-right media personality known as "Baked Alaska" pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to a single misdemeanor charge stemming from his role in the ...
Jul 22, 2022
Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts settle trademark dispute over co-ed scouting
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts have settled their dispute over the Boy Scouts' right to use the word "scouting" to advertise co-ed programs, according to a fi...
Jul 22, 2022
Termination vote for Uvalde schools police chief called off
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The school board in Uvalde, Texas, said on Friday it has postponed a vote on whether to fire the school district police chief criticized for his handling of the shooting ra...
Jul 22, 2022
U.S. identifies first cases of monkeypox in children
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - Cases of the viral disease monkeypox in the United States have been identified for the first time in children - a toddler in California and an infant who is not a U.S. res...
Jul 22, 2022
Two die in flash flood in New Mexico wildfire area
By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) - Two adults died and a third was missing near Las Vegas, New Mexico, after a flash flood swept through a burn area left by the state's largest recorded wildfire, an...
Jul 22, 2022
California to allow private lawsuits against gun ban violators in swipe at Texas law
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that would allow private citizens to sue people who sell, manufacture or distribute assault w...
Jul 22, 2022
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