Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Planned Parenthood sues Texas city over abortion ban
By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas has filed a lawsuit against the city of Lubbock over an abortion ban voters approved earlier this month. Planned Parenthoo...
May 18, 2021
Texas governor bars mask mandates for schools other government entities
(Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday ordered all government entities in the state, including school districts, to lift mask mandates by week's end, though existing guidelines for face-cov...
May 18, 2021
U.S. Senate leader backs big change for how military handles sexual assault
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic leader of the U.S. Senate said on Tuesday he supported an effort to shift the way the military handles cases of sexual assault, and expressed hope the Senate woul...
May 18, 2021
U.S. administers 275.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 275,535,207 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Tuesday morning and distributed 346,672,525 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and P...
May 18, 2021
Judge raises doubts ahead of hearing on Bayer’s $2 billion Roundup settlement deal
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday questioned why he should approve a $2 billion proposal by Bayer AG that would create a framework for resolving future claims that the company's Round...
May 18, 2021
Angst and apprehension for some women as U.S. Supreme Court revisits abortion
By Gabriella Borter and Andy Sullivan (Reuters) - Jessy Rosales did not realize she was pregnant for weeks. When she found out, Rosales - a 20-year-old college student at the time - hid it from her fa...
May 18, 2021
Trump would be key Jan. 6 witness, Murkowski says -CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Republican President Donald Trump would be a key witness for any panel probing the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said on Tuesday, a...
May 18, 2021
Fragrance expert helps COVID-19 patients learn to smell again
By Angela Moore NEW YORK (Reuters) - After 13-year-old Sahil Shah lost his sense of smell to COVID-19 in November, his parents looked everywhere for help. "We met with neurologists, neurosurgeons, ENT...
May 18, 2021
U.S. banking regulator cautions firms against “overconfidence” following pandemic
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new chief of a U.S. banking regulator is cautioning banks to avoid "overconfidence" after weathering the global pandemic, and also flagged climate change a...
May 18, 2021
U.S. Comptroller of the Currency to reconsider updated fair lending rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced Tuesday it was reconsidering an updated rule on fair lending standards, setting aside an effort recently finalized under ...
May 18, 2021
