Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
New York City mayor set to lift vaccine mandate on athletes, performers – report
(Reuters) - New York Mayor Eric Adams is set to lift the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for performers and professional athletes as early as this week, Politico reported on Wednesday, a rule that has...
Mar 23, 2022
Idaho governor signs Texas-style six-week abortion ban into law
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Idaho on Wednesday became the first state to enact a six-week abortion ban modeled on a Texas law that empowers private citizens to sue abortion providers. The law, whi...
Mar 23, 2022
Union workers at Chevron Los Angeles refinery voting on contract
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Union workers at Chevron Corp's Los Angeles-area refinery in El Segundo, California, on Wednesday were voting on a new labor contract, said union officials. The vote ...
Mar 23, 2022
U.S. farm groups urge sowing on protected land as war cuts off Ukraine supply
By Leah Douglas, Christopher Walljasper and Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) - Farm groups are urging the U.S. Agriculture Department to allow farmers the ability to plant on acres set aside for conservat...
Mar 23, 2022
Madeleine Albright remembered as ‘trailblazer’ on world stage
(Reuters) - Madeleine Albright, who was the first female U.S. secretary of state, was mourned following her death on Wednesday as a trailblazer and visionary who left a mark on the world with her deep...
Mar 23, 2022
U.S. airline CEOs urge Biden to lift COVID mask mandate – letter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and other carriers on Wednesday urged U.S. President Joe Biden to end a federal mask mandate on airpl...
Mar 23, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court pick Jackson to recuse from Harvard race case
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Wednesday said that if confirmed to the lifetime job she would recuse herself from a major upcoming case challenging the...
Mar 23, 2022
Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of state, dies at 84
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Madeleine Albright, who fled the Nazis as a child in her native Czechoslovakia during World War Two but rose to become the first female U.S. secretary of state an...
Mar 23, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Republicans in Wisconsin congressional map dispute
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the use of a map configuring Wisconsin's congressional districts for this year's elections drawn b...
Mar 23, 2022
MacKenzie Scott donates a record $275 million to Planned Parenthood
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $275 million to women's healthcare provider Planned Parenthood, the largest gift from a single donor in the organizat...
Mar 23, 2022
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