Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. to ramp up staffing at Havana Embassy to process some visas
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) - The U.S. Embassy in Havana announced on Thursday it would ramp up staffing and resume some visa processing several years after the Trump administration slashed pers...
Mar 03, 2022
Multiple injuries at apartment building fire in Maryland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Multiple people were injured following a fire and explosion at a residential high-rise apartment building in Silver Spring, Maryland, local authorities said on Thursday, adding ...
Mar 03, 2022
U.S. Secret Service takes two men into custody in Washington’s Georgetown neighborhood
By Peter Eisler WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than a half dozen U.S. Secret Service officers on Thursday took two men into custody from a car in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood and removed what see...
Mar 03, 2022
Sacklers will pay up to $6 billion to resolve Purdue opioid lawsuits – mediator
(Reuters) - The Sackler family owners of Purdue Pharma LP reached a deal with nine attorneys general to pay up to $6 billion in cash to resolve widespread litigation alleging that they fueled the opio...
Mar 03, 2022
U.S. Senate panel votes to advance FCC, FTC nominees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted Thursday to send President Joe Biden's nominees to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) t...
Mar 03, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court blocks testimony over Guantanamo detainee’s interrogation
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that two former CIA contractors cannot be questioned in a criminal investigation in Poland over their role in interro...
Mar 03, 2022
Key Democratic senator Lujan appears for hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan, who was hospitalized after suffering a stroke, appeared at a U.S. Senate Thursday after an absence of about a month. Lujan's vote may be c...
Mar 03, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court lets Kentucky official defend abortion law
By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Kentucky's Republican attorney general to take over the defense of a restrictive abortion law after the state's Democratic governor dropped t...
Mar 03, 2022
U.S. healthcare agencies request data on COVID misinformation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the Office of the Surgeon General will request input on COVID-19 misinformation online as they seek to understand the role it ...
Mar 03, 2022
U.S. senators to grill regulators over climate policy on natural gas projects
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. senators from both parties on Thursday will grill Democratic energy regulators who recently approved guidelines for approving new natural gas project...
Mar 03, 2022
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