Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden administration moves to curtail toxic ‘forever chemicals’ – report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency said it will set enforceable limits on certain polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, in drinking water, The Washingto...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rules for police over excessive force claims
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted requests by police officers in separate cases from California and Oklahoma for legal protection under a doctrine called "qualified immunity" from l...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. manufacturing output declines in September
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Production at U.S. factories unexpectedly fell in September as motor vehicle output slumped amid an ongoing global shortage of semiconductors. Manufacturing output dropped 0.7% ...
Oct 18, 2021
Colin Powell, U.S. military leader and first Black Secretary of state, dies
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Colin Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants who rose to become the first Black U.S. secretary of state and top military officer but whose reputation was tainted ...
Oct 18, 2021
Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state, remembered as “phenomenal leader”
(Reuters) - Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state and top military officer, died on Monday at the age of 84 due to complications from COVID-19. He was fully vaccinated, his family said...
Oct 18, 2021
Ex- joint chiefs of staff Powell dies of COVID complications -Facebook post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Colin Powell, a former U.S. secretary of state and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, 84, died of complications from COVID-19 on Monday, according to his Facebook page. He ...
Oct 18, 2021
Five U.S. lawmakers accuse Amazon of possibly lying to Congress following Reuters report
By Steve Stecklow, Aditya Kalra and Jeffrey Dastin LONDON (Reuters) - Five members of the U.S. House Judiciary committee wrote to Amazon.com Inc's chief executive Sunday, and accused the company's top...
Oct 18, 2021
‘Enough’s enough’: tight U.S. job market triggers strikes for more pay
By Ben Klayman (Reuters) - Thousands of workers remain on strike across the United States demanding higher pay and better conditions despite Hollywood make-up artists and camera operators reaching a d...
Oct 18, 2021
‘Keep calm’: A Georgia town calls for unity as it prepares for Black jogger murder trial
By Rich McKay BRUNSWICK, Georgia (Reuters) - Community leaders in Brunswick, Georgia, are preaching unity ahead of the trial of three white men accused of racially motivated murder in the shotgun deat...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. tells Supreme Court Guantanamo detainee can give limited testimony
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden informed the Supreme Court that a suspected high-ranking al Qaeda figure held at the American naval base at Guantanamo Bay,...
Oct 17, 2021
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