Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Alabama Supreme Court allows first US execution by nitrogen gas to proceed
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - The Supreme Court of Alabama has authorized state officials to proceed with what would be the first execution of a prisoner in the U.S. using asphyxiation by nitrogen gas...
Nov 02, 2023
US Senate approves three military promotions, first woman on Joint Chiefs
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate approved three high-level military promotions on Thursday, sidestepping one Republican senator's months-long blockade of hundreds of promoti...
Nov 02, 2023
US Justice Department to probe conditions at South Carolina jails
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday initiated civil rights investigations into two local South Carolina jails, including one facility where a man died af...
Nov 02, 2023
‘Make me look sexy,’ Donald Trump Jr. asks court artist
By Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Donald Trump Jr. concluded his testimony on Thursday in a fraud trial that could handcuff his family's real-estate business, he had a request for the courtroom sk...
Nov 02, 2023
Indiana attorney general reprimanded over abortion doctor remarks
By David Thomas (Reuters) - A divided Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday publicly reprimanded Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita for statements he made about a doctor in the state who performed an...
Nov 02, 2023
E-cigarette use by US high school students falls in 2023 -survey
(Reuters) - E-cigarette use among U.S. high school students dropped significantly this year to 10% from 14%, according to a government survey on Thursday, even as the potentially addictive nicotine de...
Nov 02, 2023
FBI searches home of New York mayor’s chief campaign fundraiser
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - FBI agents searched the home of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' chief election campaign fundraiser, Brianna Suggs, on Thursday, and she was questioned by public ...
Nov 02, 2023
Calls mount for federal investigation of Mississippi police in Dexter Wade’s death
(Reuters) - Civil rights leaders on Thursday called for a federal investigation into the case of Dexter Wade, a 37-year-old Black man from Mississippi who was reportedly struck and killed by police an...
Nov 02, 2023
Ex-Memphis officer pleads guilty to federal charges in death of Tyre Nichols
(Reuters) - Fired Memphis, Tennessee police officer Desmond Mills pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal charges in the death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols and has agreed to plead guilty to related st...
Nov 02, 2023
Global warming will reach 1.5C threshold this decade -report
By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - Climate change is accelerating and the world will cross the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) warming threshold this decade, according to research published on T...
Nov 02, 2023
