Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Supreme Court weighs sentencing case focused on crack cocaine
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday weighs whether low-level crack cocaine offenders should benefit under a 2018 federal law that reduced certain prison sentenc...
May 04, 2021
Is it over yet? Still no recession end date as U.S. economy hums along
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is growing at its fastest rate since the early 1980s while household bank accounts are bulging with cash doled out by the federal government...
May 04, 2021
Explainer: The Dakota Access Pipeline faces possible closure
By Devika Krishna Kumar and Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) - A U.S. court could order the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) shut in coming weeks, disrupting deliveries of crude oil, and making nearby rail traf...
May 04, 2021
Gates’ marital split follows Melinda’s long journey away from Bill’s shadow
By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - When Melinda French Gates asked her husband, Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates, to let her co-author the 2013 annual letter about their foundation, the conversation b...
May 03, 2021
Army Corps sees no cause to shut Dakota pipeline during review -filing
(Reuters) -The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it does not believe a judge should order the Dakota Access oil pipeline shut while environmental review continues, according to court filings on Monday...
May 03, 2021
Golden Globes group floats changes to address diversity, ethics complaints
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The board of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that hands out the annual Golden Globe awards for television and film, proposed several changes...
May 03, 2021
U.S. pet adoptions still strong as cats, dogs melt stress
By Roselle Chen NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. pet adoptions are still frolicking as stressed-out families seek warm and fuzzy relief, even with easing lockdowns. Adoption rates at animal shelters jumped a...
May 03, 2021
Airlines refer 1,300 unruly passengers to U.S. FAA: agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday that airlines have referred approximately 1,300 unruly-passenger reports since February and the agency has identifi...
May 03, 2021
Search for survivors halted with three dead from capsized smuggling boat near San Diego
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday called off its search for more survivors from a boat that capsized off a rocky shoal near San Diego in what authorities said was ...
May 03, 2021
FDA set to authorize Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents early next week – NYT
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is preparing to authorize Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged between 12 and 15 years by early next week, the New York T...
May 03, 2021
