Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Members of beloved ‘Dancing Grannies’ among dead in Wisconsin parade
By Brendan O'Brien WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Four of the five people killed by an SUV racing through a Wisconsin Christmas parade on Sunday were affiliated with the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies, a...
Nov 22, 2021
U.S. gun makers say Mexico’s lawsuit represents ‘clash of national values’
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Gun makers including Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co on Monday asked a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by the Mexican government accusing them of facilitating t...
Nov 22, 2021
U.S. Capitol riot ‘QAnon Shaman’ lawyers wrangle the week after sentencing
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for U.S. Capitol rioter nicknamed the "QAnon Shaman" bickered on Monday over who will now represent him, a week after he was sentenced to more than thr...
Nov 22, 2021
U.S. not heading toward COVID lockdown, White House says
By Ahmed Aboulenein and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States does not need to impose a lockdown or shut down its economy to curb the spread of COVID-19 and will rely on other tool...
Nov 22, 2021
White House says Biden intends to run again in 2024
By Nandita Bose ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden intends to run for re-election in 2024, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Monday. Biden, 79, has suffered a ...
Nov 22, 2021
New York Times urges no ‘prior restraint’ against Project Veritas coverage
By Helen Coster NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Times urged a judge to restore what it called its constitutionally-protected freedom to cover the conservative activist group Project Veritas, on the ...
Nov 22, 2021
Republican Sean Parnell suspends U.S. Senate campaign in Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Sean Parnell, whom former President Donald Trump endorsed in next year's toss-up U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania, said he was suspending his campaign on Monday, ...
Nov 22, 2021
U.S. House panel probing Capitol riot subpoenas Roger Stone, Alex Jones
By Patricia Zengerle and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol said on Monday it had issued subpoenas t...
Nov 22, 2021
U.S. to pay $130 million to resolve claims over 2018 Parkland school shooting
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has reached a settlement valued at approximately $130 million with families of students and faculty who were killed and injured during the 2018 ...
Nov 22, 2021
U.S. Senator Warren calls for probe of soaring poultry prices
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday called on the Justice Department to open a broad investigation on the impact of price- fixing and consolidation in the poult...
Nov 22, 2021
