Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Warren Buffett to host final charity lunch for San Francisco nonprofit
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Warren Buffett plans to hold his 21st, and final, charity lunch to raise money for Glide, a San Francisco nonprofit that serves the poor, homeless, and people battling ...
Apr 25, 2022
Biden pleased with Macron’s victory in French election
JOINT BASE ANDREWS (Reuters) - U.S. President Biden said he felt good about the outcome of the French election and will speak with re-elected President Emmanuel Macron on Monday. "I feel good about th...
Apr 25, 2022
Fed’s Brainard confirmation set to move step closer, others wait in wings
(Reuters) - One of President Joe Biden's key nominees to the Federal Reserve, Lael Brainard, is set to move a step closer to confirmation on Monday, with the possibility she and three other Fed nomine...
Apr 25, 2022
New York judge hears arguments on whether to hold Trump in contempt
By Luc Cohen and Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - A New York state judge heard arguments on Monday on whether former President Donald Trump should be held in contempt of court for not producing documents su...
Apr 25, 2022
Walgreens, Teva face San Francisco trial over opioid epidemic
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) - San Francisco will square off on Monday against Walgreens Boots Alliance and three other companies accused of fueling an opioid crisis in the city, the first trial to ta...
Apr 25, 2022
Ukraine wants U.N. to be guarantor of safe corridor from Mariupol steel plant
By Max Hunder (Reuters) - Ukraine denied on Monday reaching an agreement with Russia on evacuating civilians from a steel plant in the southern city of Mariupol, and said the United Nations should be ...
Apr 25, 2022
U.S. State Dept backs ammunition sale for Ukraine -statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Monday said it supported the approval of a possible sale of $165 million worth of ammunition to Ukraine to help the country defend itself against Ru...
Apr 25, 2022
Biden names Brink as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Monday named Bridget Brink, who currently represents the United States in Slovakia, as the new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, the White House said in a state...
Apr 25, 2022
NYC pension leaders urge fossil fuel lending curbs, late boost for activists
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - New York City pension leaders said the $262 billion system will mostly favor calls for sharp limits on fossil fuel lending at top banks this week, giving a late boost to act...
Apr 25, 2022
U.S. Midwest carbon pipeline’s backers have close ties to Iowa government
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - Summit Carbon Solutions, the company behind a huge carbon pipeline proposal in the U.S. Midwest, has close ties to Iowa officials and regulators charged with approving a la...
Apr 25, 2022
