Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden plans to campaign for California Governor Newsom ahead of recall vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to campaign for fellow Democrat and California Governor Gavin Newsom, who faces a recall election on Sept. 14, the White House said on Wednesday. ...
Aug 25, 2021
Purdue Pharma bankruptcy judge to rule Friday on opioid settlement
By Maria Chutchian (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case expects to rule on Friday on the OxyContin maker's request to approve its settlement of opioid-related litigation. Duri...
Aug 25, 2021
New York governor reveals 12,000 more COVID-19 deaths than previously counted
By Anurag Maan and Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Kathy Hochul revealed 12,000 more people died of COVID-19 than was reported under her disgraced predecessor, making good on h...
Aug 25, 2021
Trump-backed Walker leans on sports career in pursuing U.S. Senate run
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Retired football star Herschel Walker on Wednesday launched a campaign for a U.S. Senate seat from Georgia that leaned heavily on his personal rise from poverty to...
Aug 25, 2021
Blinken says U.S. evacuated from Afghanistan 4,500 U.S. citizens plus families
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said of the 6,000 American citizens that were identified in Afghanistan, at least 4,500 of them and their families have been ...
Aug 25, 2021
U.S. court upholds conviction, death sentence of Dylann Roof
(Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld the conviction and death sentence of Dylann Roof, the white supremacist who killed nine Black people at a South Carolina church in 2015, court docum...
Aug 25, 2021
R Kelly accuser says R&B singer tried to shift blame to her parents
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer for R. Kelly on Wednesday tried to undercut claims by a woman who accused the R&B singer of sexual abuse, showing her letters to family members where she...
Aug 25, 2021
From mattresses to halal food, U.S. refugee groups race to aid arriving Afghans
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. Marine Corps veteran Luis Gonzales loads up donated supplies for newly arrived Afghan families in Houston, he can usually fit everything into his truck a...
Aug 25, 2021
Plea deal offered to Capitol rioter accused of wielding stick at cops
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors have proposed a plea bargain to a Virginia man accused of attacking police with a large stick during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot, lawyers for the ...
Aug 25, 2021
City of Chicago employees to be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19
CHICAGO (Reuters) - All City of Chicago employees and volunteers will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 15, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said in statement on Wednesday, adding that e...
Aug 25, 2021
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