Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Treasury threatens to claw back Arizona funds over anti-masking school grants
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on Friday said it told Arizona officials the state's proposed COVID-19 education assistance programs targeted at schools without mask mandates ...
Syndicated Content Jan 14, 2022
CDC is not communicating with teachers on COVID safety, unions say
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not been communicating well enough with educators, teachers unions say, as COVID-19 hospitalizations hit...
Syndicated Content Jan 14, 2022
U.S. retail sales tumble in December amid shortages
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales dropped by the most in 10 months in December, weighed down by shortages and spiraling COVID-19 infections, which could temper expectations th...
Syndicated Content Jan 14, 2022
Founder of far-right Oath Keepers to face seditious conspiracy charges in court
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers group, Stewart Rhodes, is due in a federal court in Plano, Texas, on Friday to face seditious conspiracy c...
Syndicated Content Jan 14, 2022
U.S. suicide hotline 988 is set to go live, but many states may not be ready
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - In just six months, 988 goes live as the shortcut to call or text the U.S. suicide hotline at a time when the pandemic is ramping up the need for mental health...
Syndicated Content Jan 14, 2022
Analysis-U.S. built ‘textbook’ case of sedition charges for Capitol attack -legal experts
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors appear to have proceeded carefully in bringing sedition charges against 11 people linked to a far-right militia who took part in the deadly 2021 attack on the...
Syndicated Content Jan 14, 2022
Exhausted parents navigate a patchwork of U.S. school COVID-19 policies
By Sharon Bernstein and Joseph Ax SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Jennifer Pierre speaks for millions of American parents when she sums up how it feels to navigate a patchwork of school COVID-19 polici...
Syndicated Content Jan 14, 2022
Biden to lift spending on bridges as part of infrastructure drive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will trumpet his administration's plans to spend $27 billion fixing thousands of U.S. bridges on Friday, the latest roll-out associated with the $1 trillion ...
Syndicated Content Jan 14, 2022
Biden nominates Raskin, Cook, Jefferson to Fed Board
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has picked former Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin as the Fed's vice chair of supervision and two Black economists - Lisa Cook and Philip Jef...
Syndicated Content Jan 13, 2022
California governor denies parole to RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan
(Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday he has denied parole to Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian refugee serving a life sentence for assassinating U.S. presidential candidate Rober...
Syndicated Content Jan 13, 2022
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