Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Odor from Limetree Bay refinery shuts U.S. Caribbean schools twice in a month
(Reuters) - The Limetree Bay refinery in St. Croix is releasing "light hydrocarbon odors" due to maintenance being conducted on its coker unit, which resulted in the dismissal of students from nearby ...
May 06, 2021
Frieze New York art fair: seeing Black lives differently
By Alexandra Michalska NEW YORK (Reuters) - At the Frieze art fair in New York, over 60 leading galleries are paying tribute to social justice, showing works by the world's most influential artists. T...
May 06, 2021
Three injured in eastern Idaho school shooting, student in custody -local media
(Reuters) - Two students and a custodian were wounded on Thursday in a shooting at a middle school in eastern Idaho, and a student was being held as a suspect, local media reported. (Reporting by Pete...
May 06, 2021
Biden officials make recommendations for protecting 30% of U.S. land, water
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Biden administration officials on Thursday took their first step toward carrying out the president's campaign pledge to conserve 30% of U.S. land and water ...
May 06, 2021
Bipartisan U.S. senators pen support for funding of F-35 jet
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty U.S. senators from both parties wrote a letter to the heads of the Appropriations and Armed Services committees supporting Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 jet, ...
May 06, 2021
U.S. minority children lag whites in full-time classroom learning -education secretary
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A much lower percentage of Black, Hispanic and Asian secondary school students are enrolled in full-time, in-person learning in the United States than their whit...
May 06, 2021
Florida limits absentee voting with new Republican-backed law
By Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a law curtailing access to absentee ballots and adding new hurdles to the process of submitting them, the latest R...
May 06, 2021
Biden to visit storm-battered Louisiana to tout infrastructure spending
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday will visit the Gulf Coast state of Louisiana, which has backed Republicans in U.S. elections for the past two decades, to tout his plans ...
May 06, 2021
U.S. schools turn focus to mental health of students reeling from pandemic
By Maria Caspani and Hannah Beier OREFIELD, Pa. (Reuters) - As COVID-19 upended education during the past year, Pennsylvania middle school teacher Jennifer Lundberg often began her English lessons gau...
May 06, 2021
Baseball lifts San Diego’s spirits. Can it revive a pandemic-stricken U.S. economy?
By Daniel Trotta, Howard Schneider and Chris Canipe SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - It was Saturday night in downtown San Diego, and J Street near the Petco Park baseball stadium was bustling. Fans of the homet...
May 06, 2021
