Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex crimes trial in New York delayed until fall
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Monday granted Ghislaine Maxwell's request to delay her trial on charges she procured teenage girls for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to se...
May 03, 2021
Texas city bans abortion, allows family to sue providers, helpers
By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - Declaring Lubbock a "sanctuary city" for the unborn, voters have approved a local ban on almost all abortions, and the Texas legislature is considering a law ...
May 03, 2021
Bill Gates and Melinda Gates say ‘have made decision to end’ their marriage
(Reuters) - Billionaire Bill Gates and Melinda Gates said in a joint statement on Monday that they have made the decision to end their marriage. "After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our...
May 03, 2021
Biden heeds complaints, lifts refugee cap to 62,500
By Steve Holland and Mica Rosenberg WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he has resurrected a plan to raise refugee admissions this year to 62,500 after drawing a wave of cri...
May 03, 2021
Biden administration to raise refugee ceiling to 62,500 for this fiscal year: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is set to raise the U.S. refugee ceiling to 62,500 this fiscal year, CNN reported on Monday. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)
May 03, 2021
New U.S. aid chief to steer agency away from Trump era isolationism
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fate of the United States is "inextricably linked with the rest of the world's," new U.S. aid chief Samantha Power said on Monday, in stark contrast to ...
May 03, 2021
Fed’s Powell says economic recovery clouded by racial, education gaps
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is doing better but is "not out of the woods yet," Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Monday in remarks that flagged...
May 03, 2021
U.S. approves massive solar project in California desert
(Reuters) - The Biden administration on Monday said it has approved a major solar energy project in the California desert that will be capable of powering nearly 90,000 homes. The $550 million Crimson...
May 03, 2021
U.S. administers 246.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 246,780,203 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Monday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday. The figur...
May 03, 2021
Trump ‘poisoning’ democracy with ‘big lie’ claim -key House Republican
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The No. 3 Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday said former President Donald Trump was "poisoning our democratic system" with his persistent ...
May 03, 2021
