Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Jury to begin deliberating in Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - Jurors in the Wisconsin murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse will begin deliberating on Tuesday, weighing the prosecution's argument he shot three men without justification durin...
Nov 16, 2021
Explainer-The search for a fair jury to decide Ghislaine Maxwell’s fate
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - In-person jury selection began on Tuesday in the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite accused of grooming underage girls for the late financier Jeffrey E...
Nov 16, 2021
Report says drugmakers impose unjustified U.S. price increases; spending on AbbVie drug rises $1.4 billion
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drugmakers hiked U.S. prices on seven of the 10 costliest prescription drugs in 2020 without justification, increasing drug spending by $1.67 billion, a U.S....
Nov 16, 2021
Factbox-How much prison time could shooter Kyle Rittenhouse face?
By Nathan Layne KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - Whether Kyle Rittenhouse walks free or goes to prison is now in the hands of a Wisconsin jury. A 12-member jury must decide whether the U.S. teen acted in sel...
Nov 16, 2021
U.S. judge to hear House bid to get Trump tax returns
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday will hear arguments in a long-running lawsuit over whether Congress can obtain former President Donald Trump's tax returns from the Internal...
Nov 16, 2021
As U.S. Congress advances Democrats’ tax plans, America’s wealthy eye loopholes
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Congress looks to advance its $1.75 trillion spending package this week, wealthy individuals are already planning ways to avoid paying for it. Lawma...
Nov 16, 2021
Ollie the dog helps U.S. kids with vaccine hesitancy one jab at a time
By Daniel Trotta SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - There is no vaccine hesitancy like that of a 9-year-old girl staring down the glint of a hypodermic needle. And there is no remedy quite like Ollie, a 6-year-old...
Nov 16, 2021
In New Hampshire, Biden bets infrastructure beats political headwinds
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Fresh from signing his signature bipartisan infrastructure bill, U.S. President Joe Biden will trek to New Hampshire, a key state in the 2022 midterms, on Tuesday to tou...
Nov 16, 2021
Court lottery gives Biden administration a chance to revive COVID vaccine mandate
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Lawsuits filed around the country challenging the Biden administration's workplace COVID-19 vaccine rule are expected to be consolidated in a single federal appeals court on Tu...
Nov 16, 2021
U.S. bishops to weigh communion rules that could rebuke Biden over abortion
By Gabriella Borter BALTIMORE, Md. (Reuters) - U.S. Roman Catholic bishops on Tuesday are expected to debate whether President Joe Biden's support for abortion rights should disqualify him from receiv...
Nov 16, 2021
