Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Migrants stuck in Mexico hopeful U.S. will lift COVID-era expulsion policy at border
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - News the United States is poised to end a pandemic-related expulsion policy at the U.S.-Mexico border has buoyed hopes across northern Mexico where thousands of...
Mar 30, 2022
Factbox-When have the United States and others previously released oil from reserves?
(Reuters) - The United States is considering releasing 1 million barrels of oil a day for several months from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, two sources said Wednesday, which would mark the thi...
Mar 30, 2022
Biden meets with parents of former U.S. Marine being held in Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden met on Wednesday with the parents of Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine who is serving a nine-year prison term in Russia, the White House said. Biden reiterat...
Mar 30, 2022
Biden will give remarks on Thursday on efforts to lower gas prices – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will give remarks on Thursday on his administration's actions to reduce gasoline prices in the United States, the White House said, as Russia's invasion of U...
Mar 30, 2022
Amazon’s repeat union election in Alabama saw smaller turnout -labor group
(Reuters) - Turnout for Amazon.com Inc's repeat union vote in Alabama decreased from last year, a labor group said on Wednesday, adding that it expects U.S. labor officials to begin tallying the resul...
Mar 30, 2022
Grubhub, Uber Eats, Postmates must face diners’ lawsuit over U.S. restaurant prices
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday said Grubhub, Uber Eats and Postmates must face an antitrust lawsuit by diners who accused them of driving up menu prices by exploiti...
Mar 30, 2022
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine slashes pediatric hospitalization risk -U.S. study
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Children ages 5 to 11 who received the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were 68% less likely to be hospitalized during the Omicron wave in the United States than ...
Mar 30, 2022
Arizona governor signs 15-week abortion ban into law
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Arizona's Republican Governor Doug Ducey on Wednesday signed a bill banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a restriction the U.S. Supreme Court could soon decla...
Mar 30, 2022
FBI investigating threats made in connection with Whitmer kidnapping trial
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - The FBI searched a home in a Detroit suburb in an investigation into threats made to people involved in the trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gove...
Mar 30, 2022
White House responds to Trump’s call for Putin to release info on Hunter Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Wednesday now is clearly not the time to scheme with Russian President Vladimir Putin, when asked about former President Donald Trump's calling on Putin t...
Mar 30, 2022
