Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Florida asks Supreme Court to lift CDC coronavirus cruise ship order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The state of Florida on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a lower-court decision to take effect that said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) co...
Jul 23, 2021
Pentagon says report that U.S. approved Chinese drone for purchase ‘inaccurate’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon said on Friday that drones produced by Chinese manufacturer Da Jiang Innovations (DJI) pose a potential threat to national security and that a media report that they...
Jul 23, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak at Oregon’s Bootleg blaze sidelines 9 firefighters
By Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) - The first COVID-19 outbreak among firefighters battling the enormous Bootleg fire in Oregon has put nine of them in quarantine as weather forecasters on Friday warned t...
Jul 23, 2021
Prosecutors agree to allow Trump ally Barrack free pending trial
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump's billionaire ally Thomas Barrack has reached a deal with prosecutors that will allow for his release from custody while he awaits trial on c...
Jul 23, 2021
Celebrity chef Mario Batali agrees to $600,000 settlement over sexual harassment
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Celebrity chef Mario Batali and his business partner have agreed to pay $600,000 to at least 20 former employees after an investigation found their Manhattan restaurants were rife...
Jul 23, 2021
U.S. appeals court finds CDC eviction moratorium unlawful
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lacked authority for the national moratorium it imposed last year on most residential evictions to ...
Jul 23, 2021
Guilty pleas for men who took photos at Pelosi’s office on Jan. 6
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Ohio men face up to six months in prison after pleading guilty on Friday to disorderly conduct during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, where one photog...
Jul 23, 2021
Iraq war Marine walks U.S.-Mexico border to protest deportation of veterans
By Jose Luis Gonzalez EL PASO (Reuters) - When U.S. military veteran Ramon Castro began meeting deported veterans living along the U.S.-Mexican border not far from his home in Southern California, he ...
Jul 23, 2021
More struggling U.S. homeowners eligible for reduced payments – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Homeowners with certain government-backed mortgages could get their monthly payments reduced by 25% if they are still struggling to make payments, the White House said on Friday...
Jul 23, 2021
Pfizer says U.S. govt buying 200 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech said on Friday the U.S. government had purchased an additional 200 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine, bringing the total number of doses to be ...
Jul 23, 2021
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