Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. prosecutors to seek 51-month sentence for Capitol rioter who assaulted police
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man who pleaded guilty to a felony charge after throwing objects at police during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and boasting about his actions on s...
Jan 26, 2022
UK police arrest two more men over Texas synagogue attack
LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Wednesday they had arrested two men in the northern English city of Manchester as part of a U.S. investigation into a hostage taking at a synagogue in Texas e...
Jan 26, 2022
San Jose votes to be first US city to require gun liability insurance
(Reuters) - San Jose in California has backed legislation to become the first U.S. city requiring gun owners to have insurance coverage for their weapons. San Jose's mayor said after the city council ...
Jan 26, 2022
U.S. House speaker Pelosi’s stock trades attract growing following online
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - A year since a Reddit-driven retail trading frenzy rocked the markets and created the 'meme stock https://www.reuters.com/business/why-did-sec-release-report-gamestop-202...
Jan 26, 2022
U.S. Congress’s hearings on Capitol riot could come by March-Raskin
(Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives committee probing the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol could hold public hearings with witnesses by late February or March, one the committee's...
Jan 25, 2022
U.S. Coast Guard reports 39 missing from capsized boat off Florida
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Rescue crews searched waters off Florida's Atlantic shore on Tuesday for 39 people reported missing by a survivor found clinging to a boat that capsized in what the U.S. Co...
Jan 25, 2022
San Francisco city officials vow to crack down on anti-Asian-American hate crime
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - San Francisco city leaders pledged to step up policing in Asian-American communities on Tuesday after statistics showed that 60 hate crimes were committed against Asians in...
Jan 25, 2022
Dominion sees no chance of settling suits against pro-Trump lawyers Giuliani, Powell
By Jan Wolfe and Helen Coster WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dominion Voting Systems Corp has told a court there is "no realistic possibility" that the voting machine manufacturer will reach settlements in it...
Jan 25, 2022
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi seeks re-election, does not say if she will continue in leadership
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday she will run for a 19th term in office, without saying whether she would seek to remain in the Democratic leade...
Jan 25, 2022
Judge grants stay in appeal over New York state mask mandate
(Reuters) - A judge granted a stay in an appeal over mask mandates in New York, keeping the rule in effect during the legal process, New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Tuesday. A day earl...
Jan 25, 2022
