Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Union talks at West Coast ports going well, U.S. labor secretary says
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Talks to reach a new contract with union workers at West Coast shipping ports before the existing deal expires this week are going well with no major sticking points, U.S. Labo...
Jun 28, 2022
Tennis-Serena stunned by Tan in first-round epic
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -Seven-time champion Serena Williams suffered a second straight Wimbledon first-round exit as she was stunned by French debutant Harmony Tan in a late-night Centre Co...
Jun 28, 2022
Explainer-How the U.S. Supreme Court could hobble Biden’s climate efforts
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling this week that will determine the degree to which the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate gree...
Jun 28, 2022
U.S. FDA advisers recommend inclusion of Omicron component for COVID boosters
(Reuters) - Advisers to the U.S Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday overwhelmingly recommended the inclusion of an Omicron component for COVID-19 booster vaccines in the fall. The panel of adviser...
Jun 28, 2022
R. Kelly seeks 10 years in prison, the minimum, as sentencing looms in sex case
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - R. Kelly deserves no more than 10 years in prison despite his conviction for scheming over decades to recruit women and girls for sex, reflecting how history a...
Jun 28, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court reinstates Louisiana electoral map faulted for racial bias
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated a Republican-drawn map of Louisiana's six U.S. House of Representatives districts that had been blocked by a judge who fo...
Jun 28, 2022
Biden supports deal that will allow Finland, Sweden into NATO – US official
MADRID (Reuters) - President Joe Biden supports a deal that will allow Finland and Sweden to join NATO and played a behind-the-scene role in the Nordic countries' negotiations with Turkey, a senior U....
Jun 28, 2022
Fourth person dies following Amtrak train derailment in Missouri
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - A fourth person has died after an Amtrak train carrying about 275 passengers and a dozen crew hit a dump truck at a railroad crossing on Monday and derailed, the Missouri Sta...
Jun 28, 2022
Former Trump aide Meadows wanted a pardon for actions on Jan. 6 – witness
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows wanted a pardon for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top aide to Meadows, testified on Tuesday to t...
Jun 28, 2022
Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for helping the sex offender and globetrotting financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls...
Jun 28, 2022
