Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Starbucks’ Schultz announces halt to stock repurchasing program as he returns
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp's longtime former chief executive Howard Schultz announced on Monday the suspension of the company's stock repurchasing program, as he returns this week to lead the...
Apr 04, 2022
U.S. House panel investigating Capitol attack aims for May hearings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by former President Donald Trump's supporters is aiming to hold public hearings on their findi...
Apr 03, 2022
At least six dead in downtown Sacramento shooting -police
(Reuters) - At least six people are dead, among 15 victims overall, after a shooting on Sunday morning in downtown Sacramento, California, the Sacramento Police Department said on Twitter. (Reporting ...
Apr 03, 2022
Amazon’s new union demands company start bargaining in May
(Reuters) - The union that Amazon.com Inc workers recently voted to represent them has demanded the company start bargaining in early May and cease any changes to employment terms at their warehouse i...
Apr 02, 2022
Aviation agency to investigate Delta plane’s windshield shattering mid-flight
(Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate what went wrong when the cockpit windshield of a Delta plane shattered mid-air during a flight on Thursday to Washington, D.C., from Sa...
Apr 02, 2022
U.S. says it repatriated a Guantanamo Bay detainee to Algeria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense on Saturday said it repatriated to Algeria a man who was detained at Guantanamo Bay, a U.S. military base. The department identified the man as Su...
Apr 02, 2022
LA court rules state corporate diversity law unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Los Angeles court has found a California law mandating that publicly traded companies include people from underrepresented communities on their boards unconstitutional, ruling...
Apr 02, 2022
Trucker convoy leaves DC area, but a ‘movement’ rolls on
By Joseph Tanfani HAGERSTOWN, Maryland (Reuters) - Melanie Disporto said she lost her job in a Tennessee psychiatric facility when she refused to wear a mask or take the COVID-19 vaccine. A week later...
Apr 02, 2022
Sarah Palin announces run for U.S. House seat from Alaska -NY Times
(Reuters) -Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president in 2008, will run for Alaska's only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, the New York Times reported on Friday. It would be Pali...
Apr 01, 2022
Former U.S. goalkeeper Solo arrested on suspected DWI
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Former United States goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested in North Carolina on suspicion of driving while intoxicated on Thursday, a spokesperson for the police ...
Apr 01, 2022
