Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Senate working to fund gov’t until early December, avoid shutdown -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate could act as early as Wednesday to fund federal agencies until early December and prevent a government shutdown, moving...
Sep 29, 2021
Factbox-Congress struggles over U.S. debt ceiling as deadline looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate blame each other for failing to move forward so far on a temporary suspension of the $28.4 trillion debt ceiling, in a political gam...
Sep 29, 2021
U.S. says it is seeking information on North Korea tests, remains open to talks
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States is seeking more information on North Korea's recent testing, including its hypersonic missile test, but remains keen to resume diplomatic talks, a senior U.S. arms...
Sep 29, 2021
Britney Spears case back in court with dad’s role on the line
By Jill Serjeant and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Britney Spears case returns to court on Wednesday after a summer of surprise turns, shocking allegations, an engagement and mounting expe...
Sep 29, 2021
Factbox – COVID-19 and the U.S. courts: challenges to vaccine requirements
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - U.S. employers, universities and local governments are increasingly putting COVID-19 vaccine mandates in place to contain outbreaks of the disease as infection rates remain hig...
Sep 29, 2021
Drone images give hope for return of kelp on U.S. West coast
By Nathan Frandino GUALALA, Calif. (Reuters) - Tranquil images of the Pacific Ocean taken by a drone show that California's kelp forests may be making a comeback after years of depletion, bringing goo...
Sep 29, 2021
Clock ticking for U.S. Congress as Friday government shutdown looms
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Wednesday had just two days left before the federal government begins shutting many of its operations unless Democrats manage to pass a bil...
Sep 29, 2021
Judge temporarily blocks key aspect of new Arizona abortion law
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge temporarily blocked a key aspect of a new Arizona abortion law that would have allowed felony charges to be laid against doctors for terminating a pr...
Sep 29, 2021
U.S. to declare 23 species, including ivory-billed woodpecker, extinct -AP
(Reuters) - The ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species will be declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported. Government...
Sep 29, 2021
U.S. bars flight from landing with Americans from Kabul – activists
(Corrects number of Americans on plane to 28 from 6 in 9th paragraph) By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday denied U.S. landing rights for a charter p...
Sep 28, 2021
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