Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Capitol Police officer died of natural causes after attack -medical examiner
By Brad Heath and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The District of Columbia's chief medical examiner has ruled that Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick had two strokes and died of natural causes...
Apr 19, 2021
With climate clock ticking, activists push Biden to act faster
By Andrea Januta (Reuters) - Climate activists rallied in New York's Union Square on Monday with a message for the Biden administration: Time is running out, but it is not too late. Along with demands...
Apr 19, 2021
U.S. to put more countries under COVID ‘do not travel’ advisory – State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Monday it would start updating this week travel advisories in light of the COVID-19 pandemic's "unprecedented risk to travelers," significantly...
Apr 19, 2021
U.S. debt collectors must tell delinquent renters about eviction protections
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Debt collectors pursuing Americans for overdue rent must tell them in writing about their rights under a nationwide eviction ban, the U.S. Consumer Financial ...
Apr 19, 2021
U.S. judge detains two Proud Boys over role in storming Capitol
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday ordered that two prominent leaders of the far-right Proud Boys group be detained for their roles in storming the U.S. Capitol, saying...
Apr 19, 2021
Coast Guard to halt search for missing from capsized commercial boat off Louisiana
(Reuters) -The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday was set to call off a week-long search for the remaining eight people missing after a commercial lift boat used to service oil rigs capsized in hurricane forc...
Apr 19, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court doubts ‘green cards’ for some protected migrants
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared reluctant to let people who have been allowed to stay in the United States on humanitarian grounds apply to become permanent ...
Apr 19, 2021
Biden, meeting with lawmakers, says willing to compromise on infrastructure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said he was willing to compromise on his $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal on Monday before meeting with a group of bipartisan lawmakers at the Whit...
Apr 19, 2021
Senator Manchin throws support behind U.S. labor reform bill
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin said on Monday he supports a sweeping labor reform bill, giving the legislation some momentum after it passed in the House last month...
Apr 19, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court sympathetic to Native Alaskans in COVID-19 aid dispute
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday signaled sympathy toward allowing federal COVID-19 relief funds to go to specially created corporations for Native Alask...
Apr 19, 2021
