Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Pelosi says she will allow Republican input on proposed Jan. 6 commission
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that she will allow Republican involvement in approving subpoenas on a proposed commission to investigate the ...
Apr 22, 2021
Manhattan subway bomber sentenced to life plus 30 years in prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Bangladeshi man convicted of setting off a pipe bomb during rush hour in New York City's busiest subway station, Times Square, was sentenced on Thursday to life plus 30 years in...
Apr 22, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rejects new curbs on juvenile sentences
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to place new limits on sentences of life in prison without parole for juvenile offenders, ruling against a Mississippi man convicted ...
Apr 22, 2021
Special Report-This Hot Lister advises Bill Gates on climate change
By Maurice Tamman LIZARD ISLAND RESEARCH STATION, Australia (Reuters) - A yellow skiff darted across a lagoon along Australia's northeast coast, throttling down as it approached a shallow coral reef. ...
Apr 22, 2021
L.A. develops homelessness strategy, but does it have political will?
By Daniel Trotta LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Justine Gonzalez is a Democratic Party activist and sympathetic to the plight of the homeless. Her brother has struggled with the cycle of going from jail to t...
Apr 22, 2021
Exclusive: Texas energy fund shuts, founder says millions squandered
By Shariq Khan (Reuters) - The founder of a Texas oil and gas investment firm that raised about $31 million shut the business this month and acknowledged in a Reuters interview that he had squandered ...
Apr 22, 2021
U.S. pledges to halve its emissions by 2030 in renewed climate fight
By Jeff Mason and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday pledged to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels by 2030, a new target it hope...
Apr 22, 2021
In COVID-plagued Michigan, warning signs that vaccinations are stalling
By James Oliphant, Jason Lange and John Whitesides (Reuters) - When Michigan's St. Clair County held a walk-in COV1D-19 vaccination clinic last week with 1,600 shots at the ready, only about 800 peopl...
Apr 22, 2021
U.S. House prepares to say yes to making Washington, D.C., the 51st state
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday is set to approve, for the second time in less than a year, legislation making the District of Columbia the 51st s...
Apr 22, 2021
After milestone police verdict, Minneapolis lays to rest another Black man
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Two days after a Minneapolis jury found a white police officer guilty of murdering George Floyd, the city will lay to rest Daunte Wright, another Black man whose violent de...
Apr 22, 2021
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