Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. auto safety agency plans new push against speeding
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Wednesday the agency plans a new push to convince Americans to stop speeding, hopi...
Jul 06, 2022
Real estate giant appeals ‘each and every part’ of contempt order in New York Trump probe
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cushman & Wakefield, which appraised several properties belonging to Donald Trump, on Wednesday appealed "each and every part" of an order finding it in contem...
Jul 06, 2022
U.S. counterintelligence warns of China stepping up influence operations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. counterintelligence agency on Wednesday warned state and local officials that China is intensifying influence operations aimed at manipulating them into pressing the fede...
Jul 06, 2022
Richmond, Virginia police say they prevented a planned mass shooting
By Randi Love (Reuters) - Police in Richmond, Virginia said on Wednesday they thwarted a planned Fourth of July mass shooting in the state capital, after receiving a tip that possibly prevented an att...
Jul 06, 2022
White House communications chief Bedingfield is latest to exit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield, a long-time adviser to President Joe Biden, plans to leave the administration later this summer, following former Press Sec...
Jul 06, 2022
Biden to honor late labor icon Trumka with medal of freedom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to honor Richard Trumka, the deceased former head of the largest U.S. labor organization, with the medal of freedom on Thursday, Biden said at an ...
Jul 06, 2022
Biden says Justice Department will take action if necessary in Akron shooting
Cleveland (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the Justice Department would take appropriate action if the investigation of a police shooting of a Black man in Akron, Ohio, reve...
Jul 06, 2022
U.S. FDA working to allow overseas infant formula beyond shortage
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking at ways to allow overseas manufacturers of baby formula to keep selling in the country beyond the current shortage, the health regulator sai...
Jul 06, 2022
Biden planned to nominate anti-abortion judge day before U.S. Supreme Court ruling – emails
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Newly released emails show that President Joe Biden planned to nominate a Republican opposed to abortion to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge in Kentucky a day befo...
Jul 06, 2022
Jury finds suspect guilty of murder of rapper Nipsey Hussle
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California man was found guilty on Wednesday of killing Grammy-winning Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle in 2019. A jury in Los Angeles County Superior Court convicted Eric Ro...
Jul 06, 2022
