Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. air travel conditions improve over Fourth of July weekend
By Gigi Zamora and Rajesh Kumar Singh NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. travelers braving the skies faced fewer flight delays and cancellations over the Fourth of July weekend when compared with the Memorial ...
Jul 05, 2022
U.S. Justice Dept sues Arizona over restrictive voting requirements
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department sued the state of Arizona on Tuesday, alleging that a state law due to take effect in January violates federal law by requiring proof of citizenship ...
Jul 05, 2022
Florida’s 15-week abortion ban takes effect after a brief injunction
(Reuters) - Florida's ban on abortions past 15 weeks of pregnancy is now in effect after a court order blocking its enforcement on Tuesday was automatically put on hold. Circuit Court Judge John Coope...
Jul 05, 2022
Georgia grand jury in Trump election probe subpoenas Giuliani, Senator Graham
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A special grand jury in Georgia probing former U.S. President Donald Trump's alleged attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat there issued subpoenas to Se...
Jul 05, 2022
U.S. funeral home owner who sold body parts pleads guilty to fraud
By John Shiffman (Reuters) - A former Colorado funeral home owner pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal charge of defrauding relatives of the dead by dissecting their family members' corpses and sell...
Jul 05, 2022
After court ruling, Maryland broadens concealed-gun permits
By Rose Horowitch (Reuters) - Maryland Governor Larry Hogan loosened his state's restrictions on carrying concealed firearms on Tuesday, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision that allows peo...
Jul 05, 2022
R&B singer R. Kelly removed from suicide watch at Brooklyn jail -prosecutors
NEW YORK (Reuters) - R&B singer R. Kelly, who was sentenced last week to 30 years in prison on his sex trafficking conviction, was removed from suicide watch on Tuesday morning at the Brooklyn jail wh...
Jul 05, 2022
Charges expected Tuesday in Highland Park shooting – mayor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Charges are expected to be filed on Tuesday against the suspected gunman in the July 4 shooting that killed six people in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Mayor Nancy Roteri...
Jul 05, 2022
Chicago suburb in ‘unbelievable shock’ after six killed during parade shooting
By Eric Cox HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (Reuters) - The Chicago suburb of Highland Park was reeling on Tuesday morning, the day after a gunman rained down gunfire from a rooftop overlooking a Fourth of July p...
Jul 05, 2022
U.S. FDA to reconvene experts’ meeting for Amylyx’s ALS drug
(Reuters) - Amylyx Pharmaceuticals said on Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will reconvene a meeting of its outside experts to review the company's application seeking approval for its am...
Jul 05, 2022
