Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Associate of U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz to cooperate with federal prosecutors -court document
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Florida official central to the federal investigation into whether U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz sex trafficked a minor will cooperate with investigators ...
May 14, 2021
U.S. warns domestic extremists could exploit easing COVID-19 restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned on Friday that domestic extremists could take advantage of easing COVID-19 restrictions to launch attacks on a broader range of t...
May 14, 2021
U.S. orders Limetree Bay refinery in St. Croix halted over health concerns – EPA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said it had ordered an emergency halt to Limetree Bay's refinery on the island of St. Croix "due to multiple improperly conduc...
May 14, 2021
White House: report of migrant children held on buses being investigated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday reports that migrant children were being held on buses for days at a time before being reunited with relatives were outrageous and being investiga...
May 14, 2021
Ohio city reaches $10 million settlement for killing of Black man by police officer – ABC News
(Reuters) - The city of Columbus, Ohio has reached a $10 million settlement with the family of Andre Hill, an unarmed Black man who was fatally shot by a Columbus police officer in December, ABC news ...
May 14, 2021
U.S. agents arrest man accused of killing Yale student
(Reuters) - Federal agents in Alabama on Friday arrested a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student accused of killing a Yale University student in February, ending a months-long nationw...
May 14, 2021
No masks needed in federal buildings if fully vaccinated: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new CDC guidance released this week means that fully vaccinated agency staff, contractors and visitors no longer need masks in federal buildings or on federal lands, accordi...
May 14, 2021
Former Massachusetts mayor convicted of fraud, extortion
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former Massachusetts mayor first elected at the age of 23 was convicted on Friday of defrauding investors in a smartphone app company and extorting money from loca...
May 14, 2021
U.S. appeals court upholds $25 million Roundup verdict against Bayer
By Tom Hals (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a $25 million judgment and trial verdict finding Bayer's Roundup caused a California resident's non-Hodgkin lymphoma, dealing a blow to ...
May 14, 2021
Greenidge says N.Y. bitcoin mining operation to be carbon-neutral by June 1
(Reuters) - Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc said on Friday it will operate an entirely carbon-neutral bitcoin mining operation at its upstate New York facility starting on June 1. The company said i...
May 14, 2021
