Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. seeks to resume enforcing federal employee vaccine mandate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Monday asked a federal appeals court to allow the Biden administration to resume enforcing a federal employee vaccine mandate that had been blocke...
Apr 11, 2022
CDC eases COVID travel assessment for Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Haiti
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday eased its COVID-19 travel ratings for Saudi Arabia, Myanmar and Haiti. The CDC said it had changed its COVID-...
Apr 11, 2022
Two men accused of impersonating U.S. federal agents to seek jail release
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense attorneys for two men accused of impersonating federal law enforcement agents and supplying Secret Service personnel with gifts will ask a U.S. judge o...
Apr 11, 2022
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi tests negative for COVID
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi tested negative for COVID-19 on Monday after testing positive last week, she said in a tweet. "Today, happily I tested negativ...
Apr 11, 2022
White House faces April 18 deadline on transit mask mandate
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration faces an April 18 deadline on whether to extend or end a mandate requiring travelers to wear masks on airplanes, trains and in trans...
Apr 11, 2022
U.S. judge delays trial for men accused of assaulting Capitol police amid plea talks
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday postponed a June trial date for two men accused of assaulting police during last year's attack on the U.S. Capitol after an attorney ...
Apr 11, 2022
Biden negative for COVID-19 before arriving at White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 before arriving back at the White House on Monday from Delaware, the White House said. (Reporting by Steve Holland; Editing...
Apr 11, 2022
U.S. teens recruited to drive migrants from Mexican border
By Andrew Hay, Nathan Frandino and Adria Malcolm SUNLAND PARK, N.M., (Reuters) - Seventeen-year-old Santi sits in his car outside shops in Sunland Park, New Mexico, watching a pulsing blue dot on his ...
Apr 11, 2022
Walgreens trial over its part in Florida opioid crisis set to begin
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) - A jury trial accusing Walgreens Boots Alliance of contributing to Florida's opioid addiction epidemic was set to begin on Monday after the pharmacy chain opted not to jo...
Apr 11, 2022
Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard to face off again in U.S. libel trial
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The latest chapter in Hollywood star Johnny Depp's legal battle with ex-wife Amber Heard kicks off on Monday as a U.S. defamation trial begins over allegations Hear...
Apr 11, 2022
