Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. basketball player Griner back in Russian court for drugs charges hearing
KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) - U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner returned to a Russian court on Thursday for the third hearing in her trial on drugs charges for which she could face up to a decade in...
Jul 14, 2022
Twitter down for thousands of users globally
(Reuters) -Twitter Inc was down for thousands of users across the globe on Thursday, its first such outage since February, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. There were more than 2...
Jul 14, 2022
Kremlin declines comment on prospect of prisoner exchange for U.S. basketball star
(Reuters) - The Kremlin on Thursday refused to comment on the prospect of a prisoner exchange for detained U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner. Griner, detained at a Moscow airport in February, has p...
Jul 14, 2022
Republicans in Congress lay groundwork for anti-transgender push
By Moira Warburton and Rose Horowitch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans in Congress are lining up behind legislation that critics say would roll back protections for transgender people, setting ...
Jul 14, 2022
Utah’s Great Salt Lake is drying out, threatening ecological, economic disaster
By Nathan Frandino SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Reuters) - Utah's Great Salt Lake dropped to its lowest recorded level this month amid a two-decade drought, a grim milestone as researchers and politicians po...
Jul 14, 2022
U.S., Israel to sign joint pledge on denying nuclear weapon to Iran
By Steve Holland JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday will sign a joint agreement pledging to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon o...
Jul 13, 2022
Flood leaves 44 people unaccounted for in southwest Virginia
(Reuters) - More than 40 people have been reported unaccounted for by loved ones after floodwaters swept a riverfront Appalachian community in southwestern Virginia on Wednesday, triggered by heavy ra...
Jul 13, 2022
California truckers protest ‘gig worker’ law at busiest U.S. seaport
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Independent truckers who ferry goods to and from the nation's busiest seaport complex in Southern California on Wednesday stopped work to protest a state law ...
Jul 13, 2022
Former CIA engineer convicted in WikiLeaks espionage case
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former CIA software engineer was convicted on Wednesday of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks from the spy agency, in one of the biggest such thefts...
Jul 13, 2022
U.S. FDA authorizes Novavax COVID vaccine for adults
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, clearing the way for a shot whose more traditional technology has raised hopes of wi...
Jul 13, 2022
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