Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden says 14.5 million Americans have signed up for health insurance since November
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Thursday 14.5 million Americans have signed up for health insurance since Nov. 1, attributing the progress to the passage of his pand...
Jan 27, 2022
Analysis-Biden’s next Supreme Court nominee not likely to change its rightward push
By Lawrence Hurley, Andrew Chung and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden can make history by appointing the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court to succeed the retiring Justi...
Jan 27, 2022
U.S. crop insurance payouts rise sharply as climate change worsens droughts, floods
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - Insurance payments to U.S. farmers for crops lost to droughts and flooding have risen more than threefold over the past 25 years, according to an analysis of federal data b...
Jan 26, 2022
NBA-Statue of Kobe and Gigi Bryant placed at crash site on anniversary
By Rory Carroll CALABASAS, Calif. (Reuters) - A sculpture of NBA great Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna "Gigi" Bryant was brought on Wednesday to the helicopter crash site where they perished along...
Jan 26, 2022
U.S. Senate panel set to vote on FCC, FTC auto safety nominee on Feb 2
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee is set to vote Feb. 2 on the nominees to head the auto safety agency and to an open seat on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) among ...
Jan 26, 2022
Judge blocks South Dakota rule that hinders medication abortions
(Reuters) - A federal judge in South Dakota temporarily blocked on Wednesday a new rule by the state's health department that makes access to a medication abortion more difficult. Planned Parenthood s...
Jan 26, 2022
NY attorney general urges end to Donald Trump’s bid to thwart her probe
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York State attorney general Letitia James on Wednesday urged the dismissal of Donald Trump's lawsuit seeking to stop her civil probe into him and his famil...
Jan 26, 2022
U.S. judge keeps Oath Keepers founder Rhodes in jail ahead of sedition trial
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Wednesday said Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers, should remain in jail while he awaits trial on seditious conspiracy charges for...
Jan 26, 2022
Senator wants U.S. government, automakers to address ‘alarming’ jump in carjackings
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. senator on Wednesday called on major automakers and the Transportation Department to take action to address an "alarming" rise in carjackings i...
Jan 26, 2022
Neil Young’s music to go off Spotify – WSJ
(Reuters) - Neil Young's music is being taken off Spotify after the singer-songwriter called out a podcast hosted by Joe Rogan on the streaming service for spreading false information about vaccines, ...
Jan 26, 2022
