Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News

By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal prosecutors on Monday are expected to make closing arguments in the first jury trial of someone charged with joining in the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the...

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats this week will try to start salvaging the unfinished parts of U.S. President Joe Biden's domestic agenda and respond to voters' demands ...

By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) - Alberta, Canada's main oil-producing region, can help alleviate the global oil supply crunch caused by energy disruptions, Alberta energy minister, Sonya Savag...

(Reuters) - U.S. gasoline prices jumped 11% over the past week to the highest since 2008 as global sanctions cripple Russia's ability to export crude oil after its invasion of Ukraine, automobile club...

By Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Diplomats were working to ensure the release of seven-time WNBA All-Star player Brittney Griner after Russia said it had detained the player last month for p...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of trucks, recreational vehicles and cars were circling the outskirts of Washington on Sunday, threatening to cause traffic backups around the capital as part of a prot...

(Reuters) - Six people were killed by a tornado that struck Winterset, Iowa, on Saturday, the Des Moines Register reported, citing local officials. The tornado crashed into the city southwest of the s...

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than a thousand large trucks, recreational vehicles and cars are gathering on the outskirts of Washington as part of a protest against COVID-19 restrictions t...

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Forty-nine mushers and their teams of huskies were due to depart Alaska's largest city on Saturday for the 50th annual running of the Iditarod Trail Sled ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Poland and Romania next week, her office said on Friday, with the visit coming after Russia's invasion of Ukraine as the U.S. lo...