Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden gets climate win with court ‘loss’ on Gulf of Mexico oil leases
By Nichola Groom and Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) - A U.S. judge's surprise decision this week to annul the Biden administration's first Gulf of Mexico oil lease auction because of its climate change i...
Jan 28, 2022
Lawsuit accuses Chris Brown of raping unnamed woman on Florida yacht
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An unnamed woman has filed a lawsuit that accuses musician Chris Brown of drugging and raping her on a Florida yacht in December 2020 and seeks $20 million in ...
Jan 28, 2022
U.S. orders 100 million additional COVID-19 tests to give out
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - The United States government has procured more than 100 million additional COVID-19 tests from testmaker iHealth Lab Inc. as part of the White House's plan to distribute ...
Jan 28, 2022
U.S. FDA says Empowered Diagnostics recalling COVID-19 tests
(Reuters) - Empowered Diagnostics LLC is recalling its COVID-19 tests as they have not been cleared for use in the United States and could potentially lead to false results, the U.S. Food and Drug Adm...
Jan 28, 2022
U.S. returns 40 migrants to Cuba after intercepting two vessels
By Brian Ellsworth MIAMI (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard on Friday said it has returned 40 people to Cuba after intercepting two vessels near Florida while two people were being investigated for huma...
Jan 28, 2022
U.S. Capitol riot panel demands testimony about 2020 fake electors plan
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol has issued subpoenas to several individuals involved in an unsuccessful "alt...
Jan 28, 2022
Collapsed Pittsburgh bridge is one of 44,000 in poor condition in U.S.
By Andy Sullivan (Reuters) - The half-century-old bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh on Friday ahead of President Joe Biden's visit highlighted the perilous state of much of the United States' transp...
Jan 28, 2022
Thousands honor slain New York police officer at Manhattan funeral
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of New York City police officers lined Manhattan's Fifth Avenue on Friday to honor a fellow officer who was shot and killed last week while responding to a domestic viol...
Jan 28, 2022
Airlines cancel flights ahead of Nor’easter storm
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. carriers on Friday canceled hundreds of flights and warned of operational disruptions this weekend because of a winter storm that is forecast to bring high winds and heavy sno...
Jan 28, 2022
Pennsylvania court strikes down state’s mail-in voting law
(Reuters) - A Pennsylvania court has found a no-excuses mail-in voting law to violate the state's constitution, raising doubts over access to the ballot in the battleground state ahead of important el...
Jan 28, 2022
