Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Classroom door in Uvalde school shooting was not locked, official says
(Reuters) - The classroom door in the Uvalde elementary school where 19 children and two teachers were killed in May was not locked even as police waited for a key, Texas Department of Public Safety D...
Jun 21, 2022
Factbox-U.S. Supreme Court takes broad view of religious rights in key cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday issued another important ruling expanding religious rights, siding with two Christian families who challenged a Maine state tuition assistance program tha...
Jun 21, 2022
U.S. to say it intends to issue rule on reduction of nicotine levels in cigarettes – Washington Post
(Reuters) - The White House is expected to announce on Tuesday it intends to issue a rule requiring tobacco companies to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes sold in the United States to minimally or ...
Jun 21, 2022
Law enforcement response in Uvalde shooting was ‘abject failure,’ official says
(Reuters) -The law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers was "an abject failure" in which a commander put the lives of officers over those of the ...
Jun 21, 2022
Exclusive-Lead Republican negotiator in U.S. Senate gun talks expects bill Tuesday
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John Cornyn, the lead Republican negotiator in bipartisan gun legislation talks, told Reuters on Tuesday that negotiators expected to introduce a bi...
Jun 21, 2022
U.S. to limit use of anti-personnel landmines, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has decided to limit the use of anti-personnel landmines, joining most countries around the world including all of its NATO allies, in prohibiting the use of t...
Jun 21, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court backs public money for religious schools
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed more public funding of religious entities in an important ruling in favor of two Christian families who challenged a Maine tuition...
Jun 21, 2022
U.S. COVID vaccine rollout for young children will pick up pace
(Reuters) - The rollout in the United States this week of COVID vaccines for children as young as six months is likely to start slowly, and then pick up in the coming days, according to White House CO...
Jun 21, 2022
Explainer-What to know about COVID vaccines for young children
By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman (Reuters) - The United States has begun rolling out COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months after receiving the go-ahead from the Food and Drug Administ...
Jun 21, 2022
Biden raises pay for firefighters battling ‘increasingly destructive’ blazes
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration announced on Tuesday a temporary pay raise for federal wildland firefighters, saying they were facing longer, more severe fires partly due to clim...
Jun 21, 2022
