Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Sanofi’s Dupixent wins U.S. approval for bigger use
(Reuters) - Sanofi on Friday won expanded U.S. approval for its best-selling Dupixent injection to treat an allergic inflammation of the esophagus, the Food and Drug Administration said. There are mor...
May 20, 2022
Early heat wave to bake U.S. East Coast as late snow blankets Denver
By Keith Coffman and Rich McKay DENVER (Reuters) - A sizzling heat wave will blanket a wide swath of the Eastern United States this weekend, pushing temperatures in New York and Boston to near record ...
May 20, 2022
Trump pays $110,000 for failing to comply with subpoena in civil probe -New York AG
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump has paid a $110,000 fine for his failure to respond to a subpoena in a civil investigation into his business practices, a spokesperson for the N...
May 20, 2022
U.S. Justice Department releases $5 million for hotlines to report hate crimes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department will release $5 million for states to establish hotlines to report hate crime, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Friday, as a mass shooti...
May 20, 2022
Former NYC Mayor de Blasio runs for Congress in new New York district
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio said on Friday he would make a run for Congress in the newly created 10th district of New York, which includes parts of Manhattan and h...
May 20, 2022
Sons of ex-Panama president to be sentenced on U.S. money laundering charges
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two sons of former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli will be sentenced on Friday in a U.S. court for their roles in helping launder millions of dollars in bribe...
May 20, 2022
First of funerals for 10 killed at Buffalo grocery set for Friday
By Tyler Clifford BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) - The first funeral is being held on Friday for one of 10 people killed in a livestreamed shooting by an 18-year-old white man at a supermarket in a Black nei...
May 20, 2022
U.S. says Cuba not cooperating fully against terrorism, inflaming tensions
By Dave Sherwood and Matt Spetalnick HAVANA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Friday once again placed Cuba on a short list of countries the United States alleges are "not cooperating...
May 20, 2022
Shooting in Chicago’s downtown leaves at least two dead
(Reuters) - Chicago police arrested a suspect in a fatal shooting that escalated from a fight outside a fast food restaurant and spilled on to a nearby train line, authorities and local media said on ...
May 20, 2022
A prison cell, blood and ‘zombies’: Trevor Reed describes detention in Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed described his experience in a Russian psychiatric facility in an interview broadcast on Friday, detailing squalid conditions amid severely mentall...
May 20, 2022
