Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
First-time U.S. home buyers feeling ‘defeated’ by soaring prices, rising rates
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - Brianna Lombardozzi finally has her finances to a point where she might be able to buy a house. But she isn't feeling great about her odds. Lombardozzi, 37, used her fede...
Mar 15, 2022
Inside the fight for a new abortion clinic in one California city
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - As soon as he learned abortion provider Planned Parenthood wanted to open a new clinic in the central California city of Visalia, resident Rod Greenfield wrote to all f...
Mar 15, 2022
U.S. VP Harris to headline summit to promote equal pay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will host a virtual summit on Tuesday to celebrate Equal Pay Day, announcing moves to boost pay equity for new federal workers and employees of...
Mar 15, 2022
Plains drought to curb U.S. wheat harvest, adding to global supply worries
By Karl Plume (Reuters) - A worsening drought in the southern U.S. Plains is threatening the region's winter wheat crop just as the Ukraine crisis dents global supplies. Some farmers in southwestern K...
Mar 14, 2022
Shootings in New York City, Washington D.C. ‘forensically linked’ -police
(Reuters) - The shootings of five homeless men in New York City and Washington, D.C. have been linked forensically with the help of federal agents, police officials from both cities said on Monday. Th...
Mar 14, 2022
In rare mistake, prosecutors seek dismissal of charges against Capitol riot defendant
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Monday asked a judge to dismiss criminal charges against a Capitol riots defendant and release him from jail, a rare admission in a cour...
Mar 14, 2022
Trucker convoy seeks to enter Washington but police block access to most demonstrators
By Jim Bourg WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A convoy of trucks attempted to bring a weeks-long, cross-country protest against COVID-19 mandates into Washington, D.C., on Monday, but police blocked numerous br...
Mar 14, 2022
U.S. approves faster processing speeds at three pork plants
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) allowed three pork plants to increase processing line speeds this month as part of a trial program, reviving a policy that...
Mar 14, 2022
Prosecutors to ask judge to detain ex-Proud Boys chairman Tarrio
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Tuesday will ask a judge to detain former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio pending trial on a conspiracy charge for his alleged role i...
Mar 14, 2022
White House urges Senate committee to advance Fed slate despite Manchin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday it still supported moving all five of U.S. President Joe Biden's nominees for the Federal Reserve through a key Senate committee despite oppositio...
Mar 14, 2022
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