Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Flooding snarls U.S. Northeast travel
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Airlines on Thursday suspended operations at New Jersey's Newark Liberty airport, while U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak canceled trains between Philade...
Sep 02, 2021
U.S. traffic deaths jump 10.5% in early 2021
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. traffic deaths rose by 10.5% in the first three months of 2021 even though the number of miles driven fell by 2.1%, preliminary data shows. Traffic deaths have risen dramat...
Sep 02, 2021
Sept. 11 victims’ families push U.S. watchdog to investigate FBI’s ‘lost’ evidence
By Jan Wolfe and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Family members of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, airplane attacks asked a U.S. government watchdog on Thursday to investigate their suspicions th...
Sep 02, 2021
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; layoffs at 24-year low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, while layoffs dropped to their lowest level in more than 24 years in August, suggesting the labor ...
Sep 02, 2021
Republican Cheney named as vice chair of U.S. House panel investigating Jan. 6 attack
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Liz Cheney will serve as vice chairwoman of the congressional select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the...
Sep 02, 2021
Analysis: Texas abortion ban opens up ‘Wild West’ of enforcement, critics say
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Texas's strict new abortion ban https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/texas-six-week-abortion-ban-takes-effect-2021-09-01 hands over the...
Sep 02, 2021
Louisiana towns still crawling out from Ida’s destruction
By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Shattered communities across southern Louisiana were still assessing storm damage from Ida on Thursday as floodwaters had yet to recede in many places f...
Sep 02, 2021
U.S. civil rights museum gives Freedom Award to Michelle Obama, campaign group
(Reuters) - Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and The Poor People's Campaign will receive the Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum in Tennessee, the museum said. The awards, which r...
Sep 02, 2021
One person has died in flooding in Passaic, New Jersey – CNN
(Reuters) - At least one person was killed in flash flooding that inundated the New Jersey city of Passaic, Mayor Hector Lora told CNN early on Thursday. Lora told CNN the body of an elderly man in hi...
Sep 02, 2021
New York City mayor declares state of emergency after record-breaking rain
(Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a state of emergency on Wednesday night due to what he called a "historic weather event" with record-breaking rain across the city leading to fl...
Sep 01, 2021
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