Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
State securities regulators order virtual casino firm to stop selling NFTs
By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Securities regulators in the U.S. states of Texas and Alabama on Wednesday ordered an online casino developer to stop selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs), alleg...
Apr 13, 2022
U.S. announces additional $800 million in military aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced an additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine, bringing the total aid tally since Russian forces ...
Apr 13, 2022
Amazon to charge merchants 5% surcharge for fulfillment services as fuel costs rise
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday said it will charge merchants an average 5% fuel and inflation surcharge to warehouse and ship their products to shoppers in the United States, in response to r...
Apr 13, 2022
Ex-Trump chief of staff Meadows removed from North Carolina voter roll amid probe
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mark Meadows, who served as former Republican President Donald Trump's chief of staff and echoed his false claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, has...
Apr 13, 2022
Factbox-Who are the contenders for the Fed’s top regulation job?
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With Sarah Bloom Raskin last month dropping out of the running for the Federal Reserve's top regulatory role, President Joe Biden's administration is hunting a...
Apr 13, 2022
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy and Biden discuss defensive aid and sanctions
(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. President Joe Biden discussed additional defensive and financial aid for Kyiv as well as sanctions and alleged Russian war crimes, the Ukra...
Apr 13, 2022
Michael Sussmann, lawyer charged in Durham probe, loses bid to toss case
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday declined to throw out a criminal case against Michael Sussman, a Democratic Party-linked lawyer accused of lying to the FBI, setting the s...
Apr 13, 2022
Massachusetts city agrees with U.S. Justice Department to reform police
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - The city of Springfield, Massachusetts has agreed to carry out reforms to resolve claims that its narcotics officers routinely used excessive force, the U.S. Justice...
Apr 13, 2022
CEOs of four large U.S. meatpackers to testify in Congressional hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of U.S. meatpackers Cargill, Tyson Foods, JBS and National Beef Packing have agreed to testify at a Congressional hearing discussing cattle markets and pric...
Apr 13, 2022
Dozens of homes destroyed by New Mexico wildfire
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - A wind-driven wildfire has destroyed dozens of homes in the New Mexico mountain town Ruidoso and continued to burn through residential areas on Wednesday, local officials sai...
Apr 13, 2022
