Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
First new COVID-19 tests to arrive in schools week of Jan. 24 – White House
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. schools should receive the first additional COVID-19 rapid tests being made available by the federal government in about two weeks, a White House official ...
Jan 13, 2022
Biden to make personal plea to Democrats to unify and pass voting rights
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will seek to rally Senate Democrats in a meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday to unite and alter the chamber's rules to pass voting-rights le...
Jan 13, 2022
Prince Andrew’s legal team decline comment on U.S. court decision
LONDON (Reuters) -The legal team for Britain's Prince Andrew said on Thursday they would not be making any comment after his lawyers failed to persuade a U.S. judge to dismiss Virginia Giuffre's lawsu...
Jan 13, 2022
Human Rights Watch criticises Biden, others for weak defense of democracy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch on Thursday criticised U.S. President Joe Biden and other Western leaders for a weak defense of democracy and for failing to meet challenges from the clim...
Jan 12, 2022
U.S. Senate to vote on Cruz’s Nord Stream 2 sanctions bill on Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will vote on Thursday on a bill being pushed by Republican Ted Cruz to slap sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline in Europe, although it is not exp...
Jan 12, 2022
Theranos’ Holmes to be sentenced in September for fraud conviction
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is slated to be sentenced on Sept. 26 on her convictions for defrauding investors in the blood-testing startup, according to a court filing ...
Jan 12, 2022
New York mayor reassigns brother to head his security detail -NY Times
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Eric Adams has reassigned his younger brother to a job overseeing his physical security, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, days after naming him deputy...
Jan 12, 2022
Biden judicial nominee grilled amid objections by GOP home state senators
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Senate Republicans on Wednesday criticized the White House for failing to sufficiently consult two Tennessee GOP senators about President Joe Biden's nomination of a lawyer...
Jan 12, 2022
White House encouraged by rejection of Facebook request to dismiss antitrust lawsuit
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The White House said on Wednesday it was encouraged by a U.S. judge's decision not to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit against Facebook. "Certainly...
Jan 12, 2022
Ronnie Spector, leader of the music group Ronettes, has died at 78
(Reuters) - Ronnie Spector, singer of the 1960s hits "Be My Baby" and "Baby, I Love You" has died at the age of 78, her family said in a statement on Wednesday. Spector, leader of the girl group the R...
Jan 12, 2022
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