Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. rains unlikely to help smallest Oklahoma wheat crop since 2014
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Rains this week in the U.S. Plains arrived too late to help much of the winter wheat in Oklahoma, the No. 2 U.S. producer of the grain, where farmers will soon begin harvesting the...
May 05, 2022
U.S. travel industry, airlines urge end to predeparture COVID-19 testing rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major airlines, business and travel groups and other companies urged the White House on Thursday to abandon COVID-19 pre-departure testing requirements for vaccinated internatio...
May 05, 2022
Biden taps Karine Jean-Pierre as White House press secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Thursday he has chosen Karine Jean-Pierre as White House press secretary to replace Jen Psaki, who leaves on May 13. Jean-Pierre would be the first B...
May 05, 2022
USTR Tai says China tariff review will have ‘robust’ industry consultations
OTTAWA (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Thursday that her agency's review of punitive tariffs on Chinese goods will be a "robust" consultative process that will collect a wi...
May 05, 2022
L.A. prosecutors won’t file felony charges against suspect in attack on comedian Chappelle
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles prosecutors said on Thursday they would not file felony charges against the man accused of attacking comedian Dave Chappelle onstage, instead referring the case to ...
May 05, 2022
Louisiana legislators advance bill classifying abortion as homicide
By Gabriella Borter and Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - Louisiana lawmakers have advanced a bill that would abolish abortion in the state, grant constitutional rights to "all unborn children from the mom...
May 05, 2022
U.S. DOJ to tackle discriminatory impacts of pollution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday launched a new environmental justice office to oversee cases involving the discriminatory impact of pollution, and said it would once aga...
May 05, 2022
Jill Biden will meet Ukrainian refugees in Romania, Slovakia on Mother’s Day
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United States first lady Jill Biden plans to leave Washington on Thursday for a whirlwind tour of Romania and Slovakia to highlight the U.S. commitment to Ukr...
May 05, 2022
Bernie Sanders slams Amazon.com chairman at Senate hearing
By David Shepardson and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders on Thursday slammed Amazon.com Inc and its chairman at a hearing on the company's labor...
May 05, 2022
Satanic Temple asks Boston to fly flag following U.S. Supreme Court ruling
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - The Satanic Temple has asked to fly its flag over Boston City Hall after the U.S. Supreme Court this week ruled that the city violated a Christian group's constituti...
May 05, 2022
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