Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Sanders seeks to cut $10 billion funding proposal for new NASA lunar lander
By Joey Roulette and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders asked lawmakers to delete language from a bill that would fund development of a new lunar lander for NASA, a mo...
Apr 27, 2022
Biden says Americans should stop targeting teachers, banning books
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said American teachers are being unfairly targeted in "the culture wars," and warned against book banning in an event at the White H...
Apr 27, 2022
Pattern of ‘racial discrimination’ found in Minneapolis policing, study says
By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) - An inquiry prompted by the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a white police officer found a pattern of unlawful, "discriminatory policing" in Minneapolis and little accounta...
Apr 27, 2022
U.S. economy still ‘very, very strong,’ despite likely drop in GDP growth-official
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. data due out Thursday is expected to show slower economic growth in the first quarter, mainly due to a less robust jump in business inventories, but the ove...
Apr 27, 2022
Unknown, highly contagious disease kills 67 wild horses corralled in Colorado -BLM
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - An unknown and highly contagious disease has killed 67 wild horses in less than a week at a federal corral in Colorado, officials said on Wednesday. U.S. Bureau of ...
Apr 27, 2022
Proud Boys member pleads guilty to obstructing police at U.S. Capitol riot
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A member of the far-right Proud Boys group on Wednesday pleaded guilty to obstructing police officers when he joined the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by...
Apr 27, 2022
Biden to limit his time at White House correspondents dinner to avoid COVID exposure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will limit how much time he spends at the White House Correspondents Association annual dinner on Saturday as he works to limit his potential exposure t...
Apr 27, 2022
White House vows to press for release of Paul Whelan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House vowed on Wednesday to keep pressing for the unconditional release of former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who is imprisoned in Russia and accused of spying. A U.S.-Ru...
Apr 27, 2022
Senate Democrats urge U.S. Transport chief to develop autonomous vehicle rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 12 U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday urged Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to develop a comprehensive federal framework for autonomous vehicles, according to...
Apr 27, 2022
New York’s top court invalidates Democratic-backed congressional map
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's highest court on Wednesday ruled the state's new congressional map was unconstitutionally designed to favor Democrats and ordered the lines redrawn, further lengthening...
Apr 27, 2022
