Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. weekly jobless claims drop further below 500,000
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped further below 500,000 last week, suggesting job growth picked up this month, though companies still a...
May 20, 2021
Oil boom in New Mexico could stick taxpayers with cleanup costs -study
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - Drillers in New Mexico have set aside only a tiny fraction of the money they will eventually need to clean up their wells, pipelines and other infrastructure in the state,...
May 20, 2021
Heavy rain across Texas, Louisiana coasts to cause ‘significant flood risk’
(Reuters) - The National Weather Service said late on Wednesday that heavy rain across the Gulf coasts of Texas and Louisiana will continue to result in a significant flood risk into this weekend. Wid...
May 20, 2021
New York police search home of Rochester mayor in criminal probe
(Reuters) - New York State Police conducted a search at the home of Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren as part of a criminal investigation, the police said late on Wednesday. A CBS TV affiliate in Rocheste...
May 19, 2021
Two ex-Colorado police officers charged with injuring elderly woman with dementia
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Two former Colorado police officers were charged on Wednesday, one with felony assault, in the forceful detention of an elderly, dementia-impaired woman whose shopl...
May 19, 2021
U.S. weighs changes to COVID-19 travel restrictions
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration has been weighing changes to sweeping travel restrictions that bar much of the world's population from coming to the United States, ...
May 19, 2021
Rains drench migrants crossing Rio Grande river into United States
By Adrees Latif and Mimi Dwyer LA JOYA, Texas (Reuters) - Heavy rain drenched dozens of migrants who crossed the Rio Grande river that divides the United States from Mexico into La Joya, Texas Wednesd...
May 19, 2021
Biden to offer budget proposal on May 28
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will unveil the first detailed budget proposal of his term in office on May 28, a day later than originally planned, the White House said on Wednesday. ...
May 19, 2021
Biden to tap Homendy to head NTSB, White House confirms
(Reuters) - The White House confirmed on Wednesday that President Joe Biden plans to nominate Jennifer Homendy to chair the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Reuters reported the planned no...
May 19, 2021
National Guard troops expect to leave U.S. Capitol next week – officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon does not expect another request to extend National Guard troops in Washington who are helping to protect the U.S. Capitol, two officials said on Wednesday, with the...
May 19, 2021
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