Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden to consider prohibiting oil, gas development outside Native American park
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will announce on Monday a step toward prohibiting oil and gas development outside the boundaries of a major Native American park in the Sout...
Nov 15, 2021
McKesson, drug distributors face $95 billion opioid trial in Washington state
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A trial pitting Washington state against McKesson Corp and two other drug distributors accused of fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic is slated to kick off on Monday, after th...
Nov 15, 2021
Jury to decide fate of shooter Kyle Rittenhouse after closing arguments
By Nathan Layne KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - Prosecution and defense will deliver closing speeches on Monday in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, offering to the jury vastly different conclusions abo...
Nov 15, 2021
Trump adviser Bannon to face criminal charges for stonewalling Capitol riot probe
By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon was due in court on Monday to face the first criminal charges handed down amid a congressional probe of the deadly Ja...
Nov 15, 2021
Analysis-Post recovery? Fed, elected officials now challenged to define new normal
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A year ago, as the coronavirus built toward its most intense peak, the U.S. economy was in a dark spot with job growth stalled, more than 10 million out of w...
Nov 15, 2021
Biden, needing a boost, to sign $1 trillion infrastructure bill
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In need of a political boost, President Joe Biden will sign a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on Monday at a ceremony expected to draw Democrats and some Republ...
Nov 15, 2021
CVS, Walgreens, Walmart set for closing arguments in Ohio opioid trial
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A jury is set to hear closing arguments on Monday in a trial in federal court in Cleveland focused on claims by two counties in Ohio that three major retail pharmacy chains...
Nov 15, 2021
Factbox-‘Don’t get brazen with me’: Who is the judge in the Rittenhouse murder trial?
By Nathan Layne and Lisa Shumaker KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - While the spotlight has focused on U.S. teenager Kyle Rittenhouse and the three men he shot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the judge in the case has...
Nov 15, 2021
Biden to tell Xi that China must play by the rules – senior U.S. official
By Michael Martina, David Brunnstrom and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will tell Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a virtual meeting on Monday aimed at reducing the chance...
Nov 15, 2021
American journalist Fenster out of prison in Myanmar, employer says
(Reuters) - American journalist Danny Fenster is out of prison in Myanmar after being sentenced last week to 11 years in jail, his employer said on Monday. "Great news. I heard @DannyFenster is out," ...
Nov 15, 2021
