Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Supreme Court rejects House Republicans’ challenge to pandemic-era voting rules
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by Republican lawmakers to pandemic-related proxy voting rules set by Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the Democ...
Jan 24, 2022
“We’re in trouble:” Kerry warns countries off track on climate goals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world is "not on a good track" to meet a global goal to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and needs to step up efforts to move away from fossil fuels this decade, Jo...
Jan 24, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to race-conscious college admissions
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a bid to bar Harvard University and the University of North Carolina from considering race in undergraduate admissions in a ...
Jan 24, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court takes up Taser maker’s battle with FTC
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Axon Enterprise Inc's bid to revive its challenge to the constitutionality of the Federal Trade Commission's structure aimed...
Jan 24, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court agrees to consider limiting wetlands regulation
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider limiting the scope of a landmark federal environmental law as it took up for the second time an Idaho coupl...
Jan 24, 2022
Sarah Palin tests positive for coronavirus
(Reuters) - Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor, has tested positive for the coronavirus, as she had been set to go to trial against The New Yo...
Jan 24, 2022
Derek Chauvin’s ex-colleagues face trial over deadly Minneapolis arrest
By Jonathan Allen ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) - A jury was due to hear opening statements on Monday in the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers who took part in the dea...
Jan 24, 2022
Pro-Trump death threats prompt bills in 3 states to protect election workers
By Peter Eisler (Reuters) - In Vermont, lawmakers are considering bills to make it easier to prosecute people who threaten election officials. In Maine, proposed legislation would stiffen penalties fo...
Jan 24, 2022
Aerial surveys detect dozens of methane ‘super-emitters’ in Permian
By Valerie Volcovici and Nichola Groom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Around 30 oil and gas facilities across the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico spewed large amounts of methane for three years, emittin...
Jan 24, 2022
Sarah Palin’s defamation trial against New York Times set to begin
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sarah Palin and the New York Times are set to face off in a New York courtroom on Monday at a trial in which the 2008 Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate and former Alaska...
Jan 24, 2022
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