Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Florida releases genetically modified mosquitoes in hopes to reduce spread of disease
By Ashraf Rahim (Reuters) - Genetically modified mosquitoes have been released for the first time in the United States, taking flight in the Florida Keys in a pilot program intended to reduce the spre...
May 10, 2021
Lawyer who sued Chevron over Ecuador pollution faces N.Y. contempt trial
By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - A disbarred American lawyer who spent more than two decades battling Chevron Corp over pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest is set to go on trial on Monday in ...
May 10, 2021
Barry Jenkins says he feared making slavery drama ‘The Underground Railroad’
By Lisa Keddie LONDON (Reuters) - "Moonlight" director Barry Jenkins switches to the small screen for an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Underground Railroad", a project the Oscar ...
May 10, 2021
Georgian opposition leader expected to walk free after court ruling
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia was expected to walk free on Monday after a court ordered his release on bail, seen as a major step in an EU-backed plan to help end a politic...
May 10, 2021
In statement, suspected U.S. pipeline hackers say they don’t want to cause ‘problems for society’
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A news release issued on Monday in the name of the cyber group suspected of masterminding the hack of a major U.S. pipeline company threatening the East Coast'...
May 10, 2021
Biden administration to protect gay, transgender against health care discrimination: HHS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gay and transgender people will be protected against sex discrimination in health care, the U.S. health secretary said on Monday, reversing policy of the previous administration...
May 10, 2021
U.S. unions lodge first Mexico labor grievance under new NAFTA
By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The AFL-CIO, the biggest U.S. labor federation, on Monday will file the first petition for the U.S. government to bring a labor complaint against Mexico u...
May 10, 2021
U.S. govt, top fuel supplier work to secure pipelines as closure enters 4th day
By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government and the top U.S. fuel pipeline operator on Monday worked to secure the network that transports nearly half of the East Coast's supplies...
May 10, 2021
Democrats’ quarrels in divided U.S. Congress complicate Biden agenda
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats who narrowly control the U.S. Congress will confront twin threats to advancing President Joe Biden's agenda as they return to Washington from a break ...
May 10, 2021
Children were spared death but traumatized in Colorado massacre killing 7
By Keith Coffman COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - Investigators will continue seeking a motive and possibly release the names of the victims and the shooter on Monday after a Sunday morning massacr...
May 10, 2021
