Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. top diplomat spoke with wife of detained basketball player Brittney Griner
By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken with Brittney Griner's wife, assuring her that securing the release of the American prof...
May 17, 2022
Prosecutors say lawyer used clout to plant damaging information on Trump with FBI
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Tuesday sought to portray an attorney who formerly worked for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign as a privileged, high-powered...
May 17, 2022
U.S. traffic deaths jump 10.5% in 2021 to highest number since 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. traffic deaths jumped 10.5% in 2021 to 42,915 - the highest number killed on American roads in a single-year since 2005, U.S. regulators said Tuesday in its preliminary est...
May 17, 2022
EU to make significant contributions to Ukraine, other G7 members might too- Yellen
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is likely to make significant financial contributions to keep Ukraine going, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday, adding she would look to G7 m...
May 17, 2022
U.S. Democrats unveil bill to address baby formula shortage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a bill to provide $28 million to the Food and Drug Administration to help respond to a nationwide shortage of infant formula. House of Re...
May 17, 2022
U.S. FDA clears Pfizer’s COVID booster shot for young children
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of a booster shot of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, the regulator said on Tuesday. The author...
May 17, 2022
California church shooter to be charged, may face death penalty – prosecutor
(Reuters) - The man accused of killing a doctor and wounding five other people in a shooting at a Taiwanese-American church banquet in California will be charged on Tuesday with murder and may face th...
May 17, 2022
Bullard: U.S. growth likely to continue above trend amid strong consumption
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is likely to continue growing at an above-trend pace for at least the next 18 months, and households are likely to continue spending as the influence of the pan...
May 17, 2022
U.S. House members ask Meta to address pro-Russian disinformation on Facebook in Slovakia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. House intelligence committee sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week asking Facebook to address what it called pro-Russian disinformation on the ...
May 17, 2022
Texas heatwave to keep testing power grid this week
(Reuters) - This week's heatwave will keep testing the Texas power system with record monthly demand expected on Tuesday after less hot weather on Monday kept usage below a new high. On Friday, power ...
May 17, 2022
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