Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Several historically Black colleges and universities receive bomb threats
(Reuters) - Several historically Black colleges and universities in the United States received bomb threats on Monday, forcing schools to issue shelter in place orders while cancelling classes and ope...
Jan 31, 2022
Some Republicans warn Trump’s latest Jan. 6 speech shows he would ‘do it all again’
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A handful of Republicans pushed back against former President Donald Trump's weekend offer to consider pardoning people convicted of joining the deadly Jan. 6, 2...
Jan 31, 2022
Former Miss USA dies at 30 after apparently jumping from building – media
(Reuters) - Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, who worked as a entertainment correspondent for the television show "Extra," has died after apparently jumping from a Manhattan apartment building, New York ...
Jan 31, 2022
At a California hospital, Omicron leaves staff exhausted in body, and sometimes spirit
By Shannon Stapleton MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (Reuters) - Alexandria Scott rests her head in her hand at the emergency room reception and hopes the worst is over after the COVID-19 Omicron variant swept ...
Jan 31, 2022
Lawmakers urge U.S. Olympic officials to defend outspoken athletes at Beijing Games
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers on Monday urged U.S. Olympic officials to prepare to defend American athletes from possible Chinese government retaliation should they choose to speak out about China'...
Jan 31, 2022
Cyrus Vance, the Manhattan prosecutor who probed Trump, joins law firm
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cyrus Vance Jr, whose 12 years as Manhattan district attorney was notable for a criminal probe into Donald Trump's business as well as high-profile sex crime c...
Jan 31, 2022
Exclusive-U.S. diabetes deaths top 100,000 for second straight year, federal panel urges new strategy
By Chad Terhune and Robin Respaut (Reuters) - More than 100,000 Americans died from diabetes in 2021, marking the second consecutive year for that grim milestone and spurring a call for a federal mobi...
Jan 31, 2022
U.S. prosecutors reach hate-crime plea deals in Ahmaud Arbery murder -court filings
(Reuters) - U.S. federal prosecutors have reached plea agreements with two of the three white men facing federal hate-crimes charges for the 2020 murder of Black man Ahmaud Arbery, according to court ...
Jan 31, 2022
Florida is so cold iguanas are falling out of trees
(Reuters) - The U.S. National Weather Service Miami-South Florida warned the public on Sunday that immobilised iguanas could fall out of trees due to unusual cold temperatures across the region. "Igua...
Jan 30, 2022
U.S. helps fund California port project as export delays hurt food makers
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Sunday it will help fund a new container yard for agricultural exports at California's Port of Oakland, as the government...
Jan 30, 2022
