Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Former Georgetown tennis coach to plead guilty in U.S. college admissions scandal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Georgetown University's former head tennis coach has agreed to plead guilty to charges arising from the U.S. college admissions scandal and admit he accepted bribes ...
Sep 15, 2021
Pope says abortion is “murder” but U.S. bishops should not be political
By Philip Pullella ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Wednesday that abortion is "murder", even soon after conception, but appeared to criticise some U.S. Catholic bishops for dea...
Sep 15, 2021
South Carolina lawyer plotted own shooting in $10 million insurance scheme – police
(Reuters) - A prominent South Carolina attorney whose wife and son were murdered in June conspired with a man to shoot him to death so that a surviving son could collect a $10 million insurance payout...
Sep 15, 2021
Biden to announce alliance with Britain, Australia on tech, cyber, defense -Politico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday plans to announce a plan to share advanced technologies in a working group with Britain and Australia, Politico reported, in a possible mov...
Sep 15, 2021
Biden to meet with Manchin, Sinema to discuss U.S. $3.5 trillion spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will meet separately with moderate Democratic U.S. senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema on Wednesday to discuss Democratic-backed domestic spending legisla...
Sep 15, 2021
U.S. condemns North Korea missile launch – State Department spokesperson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States condemned North Korea's missile launch on Wednesday, saying it is in violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions and posed a threat to its neighbor...
Sep 15, 2021
Nearly 3 million Americans sign up for healthcare during special enrollment period
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly three million Americans have signed up for health insurance on the U.S. government website Healthcare.gov during a special enrollment period that began on...
Sep 15, 2021
U.S. Pres Biden to meet executives on COVID-19 mandate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden was scheduled to meet on Wednesday with business leaders and CEOs, as he pushes companies to require workers to be vaccinated amid a surge in COVID-19 i...
Sep 15, 2021
Yellen, Harris to argue that investment in child care benefits overall economy
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Vice President Kamala Harris will urge Congress on Wednesday to back proposed spending on affordable child care, armed ...
Sep 15, 2021
Analysis – U.S. looks to COVID-19 boosters to curb virus spread
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. officials preparing to roll out COVID-19 booster shots in the face of waning vaccine protection and surging hospitalizations and deaths caused by the high...
Sep 15, 2021
