Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Ohio top court lets six-week abortion ban remain in effect
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The Ohio Supreme Court on Friday declined to block the Republican-led state from enforcing a ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy that took effect after the U...
Jul 01, 2022
Texas power use to break records next week as heatwave returns
(Reuters) - Power demand in Texas will likely hit new all-time highs next week as economic growth boosts overall use and homes and businesses crank up their air conditioners to escape another heat wav...
Jul 01, 2022
U.S. orders 2.5 million more doses of Bavarian Nordic’s vaccine for monkeypox
(Reuters) -The U.S. government has ordered 2.5 million more doses of Bavarian Nordic's vaccine for use against monkeypox outbreaks, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Friday. The shot...
Jul 01, 2022
Dreaded U.S. West Coast port labor contract expiration ticks closer
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The contract covering more than 22,000 workers at 29 U.S. West Coast ports expires late on Friday, dialing up worries that labor disruption could roil the nat...
Jul 01, 2022
Analysis-After abortion, conservative U.S. justices take aim at other precedents
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority has shown in its blockbuster abortion ruling and other high-profile decisions in recent days that it is fearles...
Jul 01, 2022
Detained U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner arrives at Russian court
KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) -U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner arrived at a courtroom on the outskirts of Moscow on Friday to face trial on drug charges that could see her face up to 10 years in pri...
Jul 01, 2022
As business booms for people smugglers using trucks in Texas, risks grow
By Ted Hesson, Laura Gottesdiener and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON/MONTERREY (Reuters) - Months before dozens of migrants died inside a sweltering tractor-trailer this week that had slipped through a Bor...
Jun 30, 2022
California approves lithium tax despite industry’s warnings
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - California on Thursday approved a plan to tax the electric vehicle battery metal lithium to generate revenue for environmental remediation projects despite industry conc...
Jun 30, 2022
Alabama cites Supreme Court abortion decision in transgender youth case
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court abolished women's constitutional right to abortion, Alabama has cited that ruling in a bid to outlaw parents from obtaining puberty b...
Jun 30, 2022
Four migrants killed in Texas crash days after trailer tragedy
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A truck carrying a group of migrants crashed into a trailer after evading a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) checkpoint in the town of Encinal, Texas, on Thursday, leav...
Jun 30, 2022
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