Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Opening statements begin in trial of Minnesota police officer who killed Daunte Wright
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - A white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black motorist in April, triggering protests against police brutality, will go on trial on Wednesday as opening...
Dec 08, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial enters eighth day, testimony of fourth victim expected soon
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal trial entered its eighth day on Wednesday, after jurors heard testimony from three women who said they were teenagers when the British so...
Dec 08, 2021
Jury to hear final arguments in N.Y. opioid case against drugmakers
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Jurors in a New York state court are expected to hear closing arguments Wednesday over whether drugmakers AbbVie Inc and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd fueled an opi...
Dec 08, 2021
Biden travels to Missouri to highlight U.S. infrastructure law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Kansas City, Missouri on Wednesday to draw attention to his $1 trillion program to invest in infrastructure. Biden will visit the Kansas ...
Dec 08, 2021
Maxwell’s defense seeks difficult balance in attacking accusers
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - As Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers cross-examine her accusers, they face the difficult task of casting doubt on their credibility without seeming too aggressive toward women...
Dec 08, 2021
U.S. Senate confirms Biden’s border chief amid record migrant arrests
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved an Arizona police chief as the top border official in a near party-line vote, as President Joe Biden deals with record migrant ...
Dec 07, 2021
Omarova withdraws nomination to lead U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
By Pete Schroeder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saule Omarova has withdrawn her nomination to lead a top banking regulator, the White House announced Tuesday, after facing opposition from R...
Dec 07, 2021
New Mexico to join nationwide opioid settlement with drug distributors
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - New Mexico has agreed to join a proposed nationwide settlement worth up to $21 billion resolving claims that the three largest U.S. drug distributors helped fuel a deadly o...
Dec 07, 2021
U.S. EPA proposes biofuel mandate cuts, a boost to pandemic-hit refiners
By Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Tuesday proposed scaling back the amount of biofuels that U.S. oil refiners were required to blend into their fu...
Dec 07, 2021
Biden to pick more Fed policymakers this month, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden plans to put forward more nominees for open positions on the U.S. Federal Reserve Board by the end of the month, the White House said on Tuesday. "We hope to...
Dec 07, 2021
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