Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
TIMELINE-Major accidents on movie sets
(Reuters) - Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer and wounded a director when he discharged a prop gun on set during filming of movie "Rust" on Thursday. Hollywood has a long his...
Oct 22, 2021
Factbox-Five facts about Alec Baldwin
(Reuters) - American actor, writer and film producer Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer and wounded a director when he discharged a prop gun on the sets of the movie "Rust" in New Mexico on T...
Oct 22, 2021
Jury to begin deliberations in ex-Giuliani associate’s U.S. campaign finance case
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury is expected to begin deliberating on Friday in the case of Lev Parnas, a former Rudy Giuliani associate who is accused of violating U.S. campaign finance laws ...
Oct 22, 2021
SkyWest cancels 700 U.S. flights over technical issue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regional air carrier SkyWest Airlines said Thursday it canceled about 700 flights because of an internal technical issue that was resolved late Thursday. A spokeswoman for ...
Oct 21, 2021
Alec Baldwin fires gun on movie set, killing cinematographer, authorities say
(Reuters) - Actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a movie set in New Mexico on Thursday, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza, authorities said. The incident occur...
Oct 21, 2021
White House is not ‘actively pursuing’ use of National Guard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is not actively looking to use the National Guard on a federal level, an official said on Thursday, after President Joe Biden said during a televised townhall he...
Oct 21, 2021
Biden wants to ‘fundamentally alter’ Senate filibuster on some issues
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday said the United States should "fundamentally alter" the Senate filibuster on "certain issues" as his adminis...
Oct 21, 2021
Biden says United States would come to Taiwan’s defense
BALTIMORE (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday the United States would come to Taiwan's defense and had a commitment to defend the island China claims as its own territory. "Yes, we ha...
Oct 21, 2021
U.S. airlines, White House say vaccine mandate will not impact holiday travel
By David Shepardson and Rajesh Kumar Singh WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two major U.S. airlines and the White House said they do not think the Biden administration's executive order mandating federa...
Oct 21, 2021
Timeline: ‘Van life’ road trip ends in death of Gabby Petito
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - The FBI confirmed on Thursday that the remains found in a Florida wilderness area were those of Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of murdered woman Gabby Petito. Petito disappe...
Oct 21, 2021
