Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Virginia can remove statue of Civil War General Lee, state’s highest court rules
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - The Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Thursday that the state can take down a towering statue of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee, a centerpiece of prote...
Sep 02, 2021
New York’s fatal floods stoke calls for U.S. infrastructure spending
By David Shepardson and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fatal floods in New York and New Jersey prompted Democractic lawmakers and experts to intensify calls on Thursday for U.S. infrastructure spe...
Sep 02, 2021
Missing Jan. 6 defense lawyer is recovering from illness, judge is told
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A lawyer who recently disappeared from public view while representing 17 defendants facing charges related to the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot was "beginning to fe...
Sep 02, 2021
Theranos judge requires COVID shots for jurors, but will that skew the jury pool?
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A U.S. judge this week dismissed from a jury pool nine people who were unvaccinated against COVID-19. He said his aim was to keep jurors and their families healthy but m...
Sep 02, 2021
Biden tells Energy Dept: use all tools to bring fuel to storm-hit areas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he has directed the Department of Energy to use all tools, including the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), to keep gasoline flowi...
Sep 02, 2021
Athletics-Boston Marathon runners must be vaccinated or provide negative COVID-19 test
(Reuters) - Runners in this year's Boston Marathon will need to provide proof of vaccination or produce a negative COVID-19 test in order to participate, race organisers said on Thursday. The Boston A...
Sep 02, 2021
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi pledges action on bill in response to Texas abortion law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives in coming weeks will debate and vote on legislation aimed at stopping states from enacting restrictive anti-abortion regul...
Sep 02, 2021
Biden calls top court ruling on Texas abortion ban ‘unprecedented assault’ on women’s rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday said the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Texas' abortion ban "is an unprecedented assault on a woman's constitutional rights," after the top court...
Sep 02, 2021
Noble says nine workers injured in drill ship damaged in Hurricane Ida
By Sabrina Valle and Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters) - Nine crew members of a Noble Corp. drill ship suffered minor injuries when Hurricane Ida hit the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday and damaged part of ...
Sep 02, 2021
Congress seeks information from FDA on approval of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug
(Reuters) - Two U.S. House committees have requested data and documents from the Food and Drug Administration related to the agency's accelerated approval of Biogen Inc's recently approved Alzheimer's...
Sep 02, 2021
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