Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. President Biden to hold meeting with leaders from Africa in 2022 -White House
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will hold a meeting with leaders from Africa in 2022 which would focus on building global partnerships and alliances, the White House said in a statement on Friday...
Nov 19, 2021
New charges against South Carolina lawyer accused of having himself shot
(Reuters) - Suspended South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was indicted on 27 charges of embezzlement and other crimes, a prosecutor said on Friday, on top of previous charges of insurance fraud in a c...
Nov 19, 2021
Reactions to not guilty verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse trial
(Reuters) - A jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, on Friday on all charges relating to his fatal shooting of two men and wounding of a third during last year's tumultuous racial justice protests in W...
Nov 19, 2021
Foreign tourists back in New York, long business recovery seen ahead
By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York has launched its largest tourism advertising campaign in history. John F. Kennedy International Airport bustles again with foreign passengers. The holid...
Nov 19, 2021
The most dramatic moments in the Rittenhouse murder trial
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - The following were some of the key moments in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse in Wisconsin that may have factored into the jury's decision to acquit him on all charges o...
Nov 19, 2021
Prosecutors rest their case against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes
By Jody Godoy SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) - Prosecutors rested their criminal fraud case against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes on Thursday, but it was still unclear whether the former Silicon Valle...
Nov 19, 2021
White House says ‘deeply troubled’ on Postmaster DeJoy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it was "deeply troubled" by reports of U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's potential financial conflicts of interest, just shortly after U.S. Pr...
Nov 19, 2021
U.S. to remove “squaw” from hundreds of federal lands place names
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - The Biden administration will remove the word "squaw" from place names on federal land as part of an effort to reckon with the nation's racist past, the Department of Inte...
Nov 19, 2021
Biden to nominate two for U.S. Postal Board, replacing Bloom
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is nominating two former government officials to serve on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors, replacing the current chairm...
Nov 19, 2021
Biden resumes presidential duties after colonoscopy -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden resumed his presidential duties at 11:35 a.m. (1635 GMT) on Friday, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, after temporarily transferring power to Vice...
Nov 19, 2021
