Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. travel firms flex marketing muscle to lure travelers seeking sun and sand
By Nilanjana Basu and Aishwarya Nair (Reuters) - U.S. travel booking firms are spending heavily on marketing to get more people to book flights and accommodation on their apps and websites as they loo...
May 13, 2022
Democrats’ hopes of holding Senate may rest on hoodie, shorts-wearing ex-mayor
By Jarrett Renshaw and James Oliphant PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Democratic Party's hopes of picking up a much-needed U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania are likely tethered to a 6-foot, 8-inch tall ta...
May 13, 2022
Use American Rescue Plan funds to fight crime, Biden to tell states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will urge state and local leaders on Friday to make greater use of money from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan to fight crime as cities gird for summer...
May 13, 2022
California’s minimum wage projected to rise to $15.50 under inflation trigger
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's minimum wage will rise to $15.50 an hour for workers at all businesses, large and small, on Jan. 1, 2023, under an automatic inflation trigger buil...
May 12, 2022
Louisiana lawmakers withdraw bill declaring abortion homicide
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - A bill in the Louisiana legislature aiming to charge women and their doctors with murder for obtaining or providing abortion services was withdrawn from consideration o...
May 12, 2022
Musk says he prefers ‘less divisive’ candidate than Trump in 2024
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk made clear on Thursday that even though he wants Twitter to lift its permanent ban on former President Donald Trump, that doesn't mean he supports Trump in...
May 12, 2022
Eleven dead after migrant vessel capsizes near Puerto Rico, Coast Guard says
(Reuters) - At least 11 people drowned when a migrant vessel capsized near Puerto Rico, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday, amid a steady increase in migrants attempting reach U.S. shores in danger...
May 12, 2022
COVID is still a pandemic, U.S. faces many challenges -White House coordinator
(Fixes wording in quote) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is still in a pandemic state and continues to reckon with an ever-evolving coronavirus despite making strides over the past two years,...
May 12, 2022
Defiant U.S. Senator Rand Paul stymies effort to pass $40 billion Ukraine aid bill
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrat and Republican in the U.S. Senate joined forces in a rare moment of unity on Thursday in an attempt to pass $40 billion in aid for Ukraine, only...
May 12, 2022
Family of Black man shot by Houston police say he was hit while fleeing officers
(Reuters) - The family of a Black man fatally shot by Houston police last month said on Thursday that an independent autopsy showed he had been shot while running away from police after a car he was r...
May 12, 2022
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