Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
The experiences that led these U.S. abortion opponents to activism
By Sharon Bernstein, Gabriella Borter and Brad Brooks (Reuters) - For a Mississippi doctor, it was a glimpse of a fetal arm. For a police officer, it was the treatment of anti-abortion protesters outs...
Jun 23, 2022
With pills and burner phones, Mexican abortion activists prepare for Roe v. Wade overturn
By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Abril, a 22-year-old college student, has a plan if Roe v. Wade is overturned: use encrypted messages, burner phones and international numbers to ensure w...
Jun 23, 2022
U.S. Senate poised to step forward on rare bipartisan gun legislation
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is poised on Thursday for a vote to advance a bipartisan gun control bill that supporters hope will help curb the mass shootings that have rocked...
Jun 23, 2022
Novartis wins U.S. approval for targeted cancer drug combination
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A targeted oral drug combination by Novartis won U.S. approval for use in a wide range of advanced solid tumours that are driven by a certain genetic contributor, widening the us...
Jun 23, 2022
Trump pressure on U.S. Justice Department to be focus of Jan. 6 hearing
By Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's failed efforts to pressure Justice Department officials to overturn his 2020 election defeat will be the topic of Thursday's ...
Jun 23, 2022
New research reveals U.S. gas pipeline leaks have not improved
By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) - Over 2,600 hazardous gas pipeline leaks in the United States caused more than $4 billion in damages and emergency services, killed 122 people, and released 26.6 billio...
Jun 23, 2022
Biden administration leans on Tesla for guidance in renewable fuel policy reform
By Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden rarely mentions electric car maker Tesla Inc in public. But privately his administration has leaned on the company to help c...
Jun 23, 2022
Exclusive-Harris meets Democratic attorneys general as White House gears up for abortion ruling
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will meet a group of seven Democratic attorneys general on Thursday, a White House official said, to discuss the defense to a m...
Jun 22, 2022
Maxwell deserves 30- to 55-year prison term – U.S. prosecutors
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ghislaine Maxwell should be sentenced to between 30 and 55 years in prison after being convicted of helping the sex offender and globetrotting financier Jeffrey Epstei...
Jun 22, 2022
Six killed in helicopter crash in West Virginia-report
(Reuters) - A helicopter used for tourism flights crashed onto a highway in West Virginia state on Wednesday, killing six people on board, local media reported. The helicopter, which was based at an a...
Jun 22, 2022
