Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Links between Trump associates, militants in focus of Jan. 6 hearings this week
By Richard Cowan and Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional investigators into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol expect this week to draw connections between militant groups t...
Jul 10, 2022
Biden weighs authority to declare abortion-related public health emergency after Roe overturned
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said he has asked his administration to consider whether he has authority to declare an abortion-related public health emergency in wake of the Supreme C...
Jul 10, 2022
Native American boarding school survivors tell of abuses
By Brad Brooks ANADARKO, Okla. (Reuters) - U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Saturday met with elderly survivors of Native American boarding schools, her first stop on a year-long tour to hear fi...
Jul 09, 2022
Oprah Winfrey’s father dies days after family celebration
(Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey's father, Vernon, has died, the doyenne of daytime talk said on her Instagram account on Saturday, just days after she said the family was able to honor her father. "Yesterda...
Jul 09, 2022
Abbott says it has reopened Michigan baby formula plant
By Akanksha Khushi (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories has reopened its Sturgis, Michigan baby formula plant, which was shut last month due to heavy rains, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Saturday....
Jul 09, 2022
Oath Keeper brought explosives to D.C. ahead of Jan. 6 attack, prosecutor says
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A member of the Oath Keepers extremist group brought explosives to the Washington, D.C., area ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters...
Jul 09, 2022
U.S. Interior Dept retracts draft analysis of Alaska ConocoPhillips project
(Reuters) -The U.S. Interior Department on Friday retracted a draft environmental analysis of ConocoPhillips' planned $6 billion Willow oil and gas drilling project in Alaska, hours after posting it t...
Jul 08, 2022
‘Sopranos’ actor Tony Sirico dies at age 79
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Actor Tony Sirico, who played the lovable but murderous gangster Paulie Walnuts on the HBO series "The Sopranos" and was frequently cast in Woody Allen films, died on Frid...
Jul 08, 2022
At CIA headquarters, Biden lauds U.S. intelligence for Putin warnings
By Jeff Mason LANGLEY, Va. (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday thanked staff at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency for warning the world about Russian President Vladimir Pu...
Jul 08, 2022
Invasion of giant African land snails puts Florida on offensive
By Randi Love (Reuters) - Hundreds of giant African land snails have turned up on Florida's Gulf Coast, officials said on Friday, threatening to destroy a vast array of plants and trees, and posing th...
Jul 08, 2022
