Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Head of largest California union arrested on charges of grand theft, tax fraud
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The head of California's largest union was arrested on Friday, a day after the prominent activist was charged with grand theft and tax fraud. Alma Hernandez, the executive di...
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Texas House votes to ban transgender girls from sports
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - The Texas House of Representatives passed a bill that bans transgender women and girls from participating in school sports after three previous attempts failed, all but as...
Syndicated Content Oct 15, 2021
Biden to push for childcare funding threatened by Congress cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will defend a crucial part of his economic plan, funding for childcare that will free parents, mostly women, to work for pay, in a speech at a Connectic...
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U.S. Capitol Police officer charged with telling rioter to destroy evidence
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Friday accused a U.S. Capitol Police officer of urging a participant in the Jan. 6 attack on the government building to destroy Facebook...
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Baseball bat-brandishing woman bites police officer at U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 25-year-old woman brandishing a baseball bat near the U.S. Capitol bit a police officer on Friday as he and other law enforcement officers attempted to disarm her, the Capitol...
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South Carolina lawyer accused of having himself shot now charged with embezzlement
(Reuters) -Alex Murdaugh, a South Carolina lawyer accused of arranging to have himself shot so his son could collect an insurance payout, is facing new charges accusing him of embezzling settlement fu...
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U.S. Justice Dept. to ask Supreme Court to keep Texas abortion law on hold -spokesman
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it will request the U.S. Supreme Court put on hold Texas's restrictive abortion law, which makes no exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or ...
Syndicated Content Oct 15, 2021
White House to meet U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable ahead of vaccine mandate release
By Nandita Bose and Tom Hals WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is meeting with influential industry trade groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable as the administ...
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Florida school shooter Cruz to plead guilty to murder, lawyer says
By Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) -Nikolas Cruz will plead guilty to murder in the 2018 gun massacre that killed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, his law...
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Ex-President Bill Clinton recovering in hospital from infection
By Dan Whitcomb and Brad Brooks ORANGE, Calif. (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton remained in a California hospital on Friday, where he was recovering from a non-coronavirus infection thre...
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