Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid for new trial over juror’s false statements
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday upheld British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking conviction despite a juror's acknowledgment that he had falsely stated before the t...
Apr 01, 2022
Exclusive-U.S. cancels ICBM test due to Russia nuclear tensions
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military has canceled a test of its Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile that it had initially aimed only to delay in a bid t...
Apr 01, 2022
COVID weighing less and less on the U.S. job market
By Howard Schneider and Dan Burns (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic's grip on the U.S. job market notably loosened in March, two years after a state of emergency was declared, as the number of peop...
Apr 01, 2022
Ghislaine Maxwell urges review of juror’s ‘bombshell revelation’ in upcoming TV series
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell wants the federal judge who oversaw her recent sex trafficking trial to review a "bombshell revelation" from one of the jurors before decidin...
Apr 01, 2022
First missing, murdered indigenous alert system created in U.S.
(Reuters) - Washington state has become the first in the United States to pass a law that creates an alert system for missing indigenous people. Governor Jay Inslee, a Democrat, on Thursday signed the...
Apr 01, 2022
Trump ally Devin Nunes loses Washington Post defamation appeal
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected former congressman Devin Nunes' effort to revive a $250 million lawsuit accusing the Washington Post of defamation for implying ...
Apr 01, 2022
Bill to legalize marijuana passes U.S. House, but faces dim prospects in Senate
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill to end the federal ban on marijuana, which has created legal headaches for users and businesses in t...
Apr 01, 2022
U.S. to end COVID order blocking asylum seekers at border
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will end a sweeping, pandemic-related expulsion policy that has effectively closed down the U.S. asylum system at the border with Mexico, Homeland...
Apr 01, 2022
U.S. senators call for planting on conserved land in response to Ukraine crisis
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - Two U.S. Senators are joining farm groups and other lawmakers in calling on the Department of Agriculture to allow farmers to plant conserved acres this spring in response ...
Apr 01, 2022
Two detainees released from Afghanistan -U.S. State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One American citizen and one U.S. resident have been released from detainment in Afghanistan, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. (Reporting By Paul Grant; Editing by Kath...
Apr 01, 2022
