Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Former NY lawmaker Sheldon Silver, who was convicted on corruption charges, dies
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Sheldon Silver, the once-powerful New York State Assembly Speaker who was convicted on corruption charges that resulted in a prison sentence of six and a half years, has ...
Jan 24, 2022
Georgia prosecutor to be able to seat special grand jury in Trump election probe
By Kanishka Singh and Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - The prosecutor for Georgia's biggest county, which is probing former U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in th...
Jan 24, 2022
New York Democrats will control redistricting after bipartisan panel fails
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - New York's bipartisan redistricting commission has failed to reach consensus on a new congressional map, ensuring that the state's Democratic lawmakers will redraw district li...
Jan 24, 2022
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces plan to end gun violence
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday said he would implement an aggressive plan to end gun violence in the city, acting on a pledge that Adams, a former police officer, made d...
Jan 24, 2022
U.S. COVID peak may be over but not the pain as deaths rise
By Maria Caspani and Lisa Shumaker NEW YORK (Reuters) - Even as COVID-19 cases drop and hospitalizations show signs of plateauing in hard-hit pockets of the United States, the still-rising death toll ...
Jan 24, 2022
Exclusive-U.S. voices concerns to Mexico ahead of decision on America Movil pay TV license
By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States has raised concerns to Mexico about the implications for competition if that country's telecom regulator allows behemoth America Movil t...
Jan 24, 2022
Factbox-What role three ex-Minneapolis officers played in George Floyd’s arrest
(Reuters) - Three former Minneapolis police officers who took part in the arrest of George Floyd are on trial in St. Paul on federal charges that they violated the civil rights of the murdered Black m...
Jan 24, 2022
Omicron survives longer on plastic, skin than prior variants; nose swabbing found best for rapid tests
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified...
Jan 24, 2022
Death toll rises to 6 in suspected homicide in Wisconsin home
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Another body was found on Monday inside a Wisconsin home, bringing to six the number of people apparently gunned down in a suspected homicide, officials said. "An additio...
Jan 24, 2022
Texas, Washington, D.C. sue Google over location tracking practices
By David Shepardson and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Texas and the District of Columbia sued Alphabet Inc's Google on Monday over what he called deceptive location tracking practices that invad...
Jan 24, 2022
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