Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Netflix employee at the center of protests against Dave Chappelle resigns
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A Netflix employee at the center of protests over its streaming of comedian Dave Chappelle's latest comedy special, has resigned and is withdrawing an unfair labor practi...
Nov 22, 2021
Bidens to kick off Thanksgiving celebration with visit to U.S. troops
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are launching the holiday season on Monday with a visit to U.S. troops at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for an early Thanksgiving celebrati...
Nov 22, 2021
Florida judge clears charges against “Groveland Four,” Black men accused of 1949 rape
(Reuters) - A Florida judge on Monday posthumously exonerated four Black men, known as the "Groveland Four," wrongly accused of raping a white teenager 72 years ago during the Jim Crow era of Southern...
Nov 22, 2021
Judge tosses indictments over deadly COVID-19 outbreak at Massachusetts veterans’ home
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts judge on Monday dismissed indictments against two former leaders of a veterans home who were charged with criminal neglect for their roles in handling a COVID-19 out...
Nov 22, 2021
Biden lauds Republican Powell’s ‘independence,’ including from Trump, in nomination
By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden cited unprecedented pressure that former President Donald Trump directed at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as one r...
Nov 22, 2021
U.S. senators urge funds to help election workers amid ‘unacceptable’ threats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of a Senate committee on Monday urged the Federal Election Assistance Commission to help election officials around the country tap federal money to strengthen securi...
Nov 22, 2021
U.S. envoy returns from Ethiopia as Washington urges end to conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman returned from Ethiopia over the weekend following meetings with senior Ethiopian government officials and African Union...
Nov 22, 2021
No injuries reported in fire in Manhattan building under construction
(Reuters) -No injuries have been reported from a fire in a high-rise building under construction near Times Square in Manhattan, the Fire Department of New York said in a statement on Monday. Unconfir...
Nov 22, 2021
U.S. judge lets Ghislaine Maxwell call ‘false memories’ expert to testify at trial
By Luc Cohen (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has granted British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell permission to call a psychologist who specializes in how memories can become distorted over time to testify at her...
Nov 22, 2021
U.N. expert decries “gerrymandering” in parts of U.S. that denies minority voting rights
GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights expert said on Monday that electoral measures in some parts of the United States including Texas may undermine democracy by depriving millions of peopl...
Nov 22, 2021
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