Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Michael Avenatti’s remaining criminal charges to be dropped after guilty plea
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors decided not to pursue the rest of their criminal case against Michael Avenatti, clearing the way for the brash lawyer who represented porn actress Stor...
Jun 21, 2022
Lead Republican negotiator says deal reached in U.S. Senate gun talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John Cornyn, the lead Republican negotiator in bipartisan gun legislation talks, said on Tuesday that the four main negotiators had reached a deal and that the text...
Jun 21, 2022
Biden nominates Arati Prabhakar as his top science adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated Arati Prabhakar as the new White House science adviser, who would be the first woman of color and first immigrant to hold such a ro...
Jun 21, 2022
Biden says U.S. gas tax holiday would have no major impact on highway funds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday said a potential suspension of the federal gasoline tax would have some, but not significant, impact on highway funds. Biden said he would de...
Jun 21, 2022
Fox News parent must face defamation lawsuit over election coverage
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A Delaware judge on Tuesday rejected a motion by the parent of Fox News Network to dismiss Dominion Voting Systems Inc's $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit over the networ...
Jun 21, 2022
Extreme heat to test U.S. Midwest power grid this week
(Reuters) - The power grid operator in the Central United States said on Tuesday that it started to take some steps to make sure utilities are ready to keep the lights on as consumers crank up their a...
Jun 21, 2022
Detained WNBA star Griner unable to speak to wife due to logistical issue -State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, detained in Russia for months, was not able to speak to her wife as scheduled due to a logistical error compounded by Russia's restrictions...
Jun 21, 2022
U.S., Meta settle lawsuit over discrimination in housing advertising tool
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States and Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc have settled a lawsuit over a housing advertising system that illegally discriminated against Facebook users based on race ...
Jun 21, 2022
IRS says it will clear 2021 tax return backlog this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday said it would complete processing this week all the original, error-free 2021 individual tax returns filed, clearing a backlog of 8 milli...
Jun 21, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court rules against DaVita over dialysis coverage
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected kidney dialysis provider DaVita Inc's claims that an Ohio hospital's employee health plan discriminates against patients with end...
Jun 21, 2022
