Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden to tout vaccine mandates for large companies in Chicago trip
By Jarrett Renshaw and Alexandra Alper (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is set to visit Chicago on Thursday to meet with United Airlines' chief executive and local Democratic leaders as he touts h...
Oct 07, 2021
Rescues underway after flash flooding in parts of Alabama
(Reuters) - Rescues were under way and roads were closed in several places near Birmingham, Alabama, late Wednesday after heavy rains flooded parts of the state, and the weather department issued a fl...
Oct 07, 2021
Analysis-Will Washington truce stick? Wall St assesses U.S. debt ceiling risk
By Karen Pierog (Reuters) - An apparent truce in the U.S. debt-ceiling standoff in Congress has offered some relief to Wall Street investors on edge about a possible debt default, but analysts are lef...
Oct 07, 2021
Texas schools remove children’s books branded ‘critical race theory’
(Reuters) - A Texas school district has removed two books by Jerry Craft from its libraries after parents complained his graphic novels teach critical race theory, possibly in violation of a new state...
Oct 06, 2021
U.S. Coast Guard probes whether ship struck oil pipeline -LA Times
(Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday inspected a vessel in Oakland focusing on the possibility that a ship's anchor struck a pipeline, causing an oil spill in California, the Los Angeles Time...
Oct 06, 2021
U.S. judge blocks enforcement of near-total abortion ban in Texas
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a near-total ban on abortion in Texas, the toughest such law in the United States, in a challenge brought by Pr...
Oct 06, 2021
Al Capone’s granddaughter hopes auction reveals human side of America’s notorious gangster
By Nathan Frandino SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - It was Christmas Day in 1946 when notorious Chicago gangster Al Capone took his wife and four granddaughters out for a walk onto the dock of their spr...
Oct 06, 2021
U.S. Senate filibuster looms large as leaders seek debt ceiling deal
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A threat by Democrats to do away with the U.S. Senate's filibuster rule colored Wednesday's behind-the-scene efforts to avert a looming federal debt default, whi...
Oct 06, 2021
U.S. to fine for-profit colleges for false promises about graduates’ prospects
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some 70 U.S. for-profit colleges, including some of the largest, were sent notices that the Federal Trade Commission could impose "significant financial penalties" if the school...
Oct 06, 2021
Prince Andrew can review 2009 Jeffrey Epstein settlement
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prince Andrew will have a chance to review a 2009 settlement agreement that he hopes will shield him from a civil lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing a wo...
Oct 06, 2021
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