Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Ahmaud Arbery knew “he was not going to get away,” jury hears
By Jonathan Allen BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - One of the three white men on trial for murdering Ahmaud Arbery told a detective that as they chased the Black jogger around their southern Georgia neighbo...
Nov 10, 2021
Biden to host leaders of Canada, Mexico at White House on Nov. 18
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden to host Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador of Mexico at the White House next week, the White House said on W...
Nov 10, 2021
Leaders of U.S., Mexico and Canada to meet on Nov. 18, Mexico says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will hold their first in person meeting in the United States ...
Nov 10, 2021
U.S. prosecutors seek longest prison sentences yet for Capitol rioters
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are seeking the stiffest punishments yet for participants in the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, urging judges to make an example out of a man...
Nov 10, 2021
Civil rights groups want White House clemency for more inmates released in pandemic
By Sarah N. Lynch and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON - U.S. civil rights groups are asking the White House to broaden a plan to grant clemency to inmates released to home confinement during the COVID-19 p...
Nov 10, 2021
Biden to visit Baltimore port as White House begins infrastructure road show
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to visit the port of Baltimore on Wednesday to tout billions of dollars included in the recently-passed $1 trillion bipartisan infra...
Nov 10, 2021
‘When are my parents coming?’ – 1,300 Afghan children evacuated to U.S. in limbo
By Kristina Cooke, Mica Rosenberg and Lindsey Wasson RENTON, Washington (Reuters) - Ten-year-old Mansoor only narrowly escaped Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban in August, and while he is now livi...
Nov 10, 2021
Biden and EU’s von der Leyen to talk trade, Balkans, climate at White House
By Jeff Mason and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will host European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen at the White House on Wednesday to discuss trade and Western Balkans ...
Nov 10, 2021
Biden, Putin may meet for talks in person in early 2022 – Kommersant
MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin may meet for talks in person in early 2022 and speak by video conference before the end of this year, Russia's Kommersa...
Nov 10, 2021
China urges U.S. to stop official interaction with Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that a visit to Taiwan by a U.S. congressional delegation violates the One China policy, and that the United States must immediately stop...
Nov 10, 2021
