Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Suspicious package delivered to home of U.S. Senator Rand Paul
(Reuters) - A suspicious package was delivered to the home of U.S. Senator Rand Paul on Monday, with the FBI and Capitol Hill police launching a probe into the incident. "I take these threats immensel...
May 24, 2021
US Justice Dept appeals order faulting former U.S. Attorney General Barr
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Monday said in a court filing it would appeal a court decision faulting former U.S. Attorney General William Barr's handling of the 2019 special ...
May 24, 2021
Texans can carry concealed handguns without permit under bill headed to governor
By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - A bill that would let Texans carry concealed handguns without any permit passed the state's legislature on Monday and headed to the desk of the governor who h...
May 24, 2021
Several reported killed in shooting near Columbus, Ohio
(Reuters) - At least five people were found dead from a shooting on Monday in West Jefferson, Ohio, a suburb of the state's capital and largest city, Columbus, according to local media. Two Columbus-b...
May 24, 2021
Georgia officials vote to make changes to largest U.S. Confederate monument
(Reuters) - Managers of the largest U.S. shrine to the pro-slavery Confederacy on Monday voted to create a museum exhibit to "tell the truth" about the Georgia monument and its giant carvings of Confe...
May 24, 2021
California governor highlights record $2 billion wildfire preparedness budget
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California, heading into a wildfire season expected to surpass last year's unprecedented rash of conflagrations, has already mobilized a larger firefighting for...
May 24, 2021
U.S. Senate Republicans to meet on White House infrastructure talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans are due to meet on Tuesday to determine their next steps on bipartisan infrastructure talks following last week's White House offer to pare down Presiden...
May 24, 2021
53% of Republicans view Trump as true U.S. president – Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of Republicans still believe Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election and blame his loss to Joe Biden on illegal voting, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos ...
May 24, 2021
U.S. administers nearly 287 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 286,890,900 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Monday morning and distributed 357,250,475 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
May 24, 2021
U.S. advises against travel to Japan, Sri Lanka due to COVID cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department on Monday urged against travel to Japan and Sri Lanka due to new waves of COVID-19 infections, saying those two nations will now fall under the departme...
May 24, 2021
