Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Prosecutor in Rittenhouse murder trial tangles again with judge
By Nathan Layne KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - The lead prosecutor in Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial in Wisconsin on Thursday accused the judge of unfairness, a day after being excoriated for trying to in...
Nov 11, 2021
Analysis: U.S. infrastructure bill makes power broker of transportation chief Buttigieg
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed by Congress on Friday is the largest U.S. investment in roads, rail lines and other transportation networks in decade...
Nov 11, 2021
Jury sees video of Ahmaud Arbery’s prior visit to neighborhood he was shot in
By Jonathan Allen BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - A jury was shown video on Thursday of Ahmaud Arbery walking around a vacant property on an earlier visit to the mostly white southern Georgia neighborhood ...
Nov 11, 2021
U.S. forecaster sees 90% chance of La Niña prevailing through winter
(Reuters) - There is a 90% chance of La Nina conditions prevailing through the Northern Hemisphere winter and into spring 2022 during March-May, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. ...
Nov 11, 2021
U.S. vacations in Cuba still come with hangovers from Trump’s sanctions
By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba opens its borders next week signaling new opportunity for pandemic-weary travelers and the island's tourism industry, but for U.S. citizens getting there requires...
Nov 11, 2021
New lawsuit over Subway tuna says chicken, pork, cattle DNA were detected
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A new version of a lawsuit accusing Subway of deceiving the public about its tuna products said lab testing shows they contain animal proteins such as chicken, pork and...
Nov 11, 2021
That sinking feeling: Poor nations struggle with U.N. climate fund
By Emma Rumney and Simon Jessop JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The Philippines has sought financing for seven projects from a U.N. environmental fund to tackle the catastrophic impact of climate change. Yet...
Nov 11, 2021
How Kyle Rittenhouse went from cleaning graffiti to shooting 3 people
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - Kyle Rittenhouse, now 18, is on trial for killing two men and wounding a third with a military-style rifle during protests last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Before the killing...
Nov 11, 2021
Key moments in the U.S. murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse
(Reuters) - Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old charged with murdering two men and wounding another during racial justice protests in the Wisconsin city of Kenosha last year, took the witness stand at h...
Nov 11, 2021
EU regulator lists new side-effect of J&J COVID-19 shot
(Reuters) - Europe's drug regulator on Thursday recommended addition of a rare type of spinal inflammation as a side-effect of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine. It was also assessing reports of ca...
Nov 11, 2021
