Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
God’s will or ecological disaster? Mexico takes aim at Mennonite deforestation
By Cassandra Garrison VALLE NUEVO, Mexico (Reuters) - The largest tropical forest in North America yields to perfect rows of corn and soy. Light-haired women with blue eyes in wide-brimmed hats bump d...
Jul 12, 2022
Texas avoids blackouts, power use to break more records in heat wave
(Reuters) - Power demand in Texas will likely hit new record highs this week as consumers crank up air conditioners to escape a lingering heat wave after homes and businesses helped avoid rotating bla...
Jul 12, 2022
U.S. Capitol riot probe turns focus to Trump allies and extremist groups
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional investigators into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday will seek to draw connections between then-President Donald Trump's...
Jul 12, 2022
President Biden faces deadline in U.S. railroad labor standoff
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden faces a deadline next week to intervene in nationwide U.S. railroad labor talks covering 115,000 workers, or open the door to a poten...
Jul 12, 2022
Amazon issued 13,000 disciplinary notices at single U.S. warehouse
(Note: This story has strong language in paragraph 28) By Jeffrey Dastin NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amazon worker Gerald Bryson had hand-counted thousands of items in his warehouse's inventory over three da...
Jul 12, 2022
Factbox: Biden set to tackle oil, Israel, Yemen, Iran on Saudi trip
DUBAI (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will visit the United State's most important Arab ally Saudi Arabia on July 15-16 after two years of strained ties over the killing of Washington Post journalist ...
Jul 12, 2022
Presidents of U.S., Mexico to meet after summit tensions
By Ted Hesson and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mexico's leader will visit the White House on Tuesday, a month after snubbing an invitation to a U.S-hosted summit that sought to craft regiona...
Jul 12, 2022
U.S. VP Harris will join Pacific Islands meeting in push to counter China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will participate in the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting on Tuesday, a senior administration official said, as Washington steps up its en...
Jul 12, 2022
U.S., Japan agree to address Ukraine war-driven FX volatility, economic challenges
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki agreed on Tuesday to further strengthen bilateral ties and work together to address rising food and...
Jul 12, 2022
It’s time for Trump to ‘sail into the sunset,’ says Musk
(Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Monday it was time for Donald Trump to "hang up his hat and sail into the sunset," days after the former U.S. President mocked the billionaire at a political rally and ca...
Jul 12, 2022
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