Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Tensions rise within Biden administration as migrant kids crowd shelters
By Ted Hesson, Mica Rosenberg, Kristina Cooke and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top aides to President Joe Biden are ramping up pressure on the agency that shelters thousands of unaccompanied m...
Apr 15, 2021
‘Not afraid to shoot’: Migration raises tension in Texas border town
By Mimi Dwyer DEL RIO, Texas (Reuters) - Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez is worried. More migrants are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border near Del Rio, Texas than Martinez recalls in his 13 years as Val Verde...
Apr 15, 2021
U.S. video game seeks to fight racism by putting players in the shoes of a Black father
By Omar Younis (Reuters) - With calls for police reform and protests across the United States, software engineer Bryant Young is hoping to use virtual reality (VR) to fight racism. "Our America" puts ...
Apr 15, 2021
Probe of deadly Jan. 6 attack turns to U.S. Capitol police inspector general
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress' probe into security failures that allowed the deadly January assault on the U.S. Capitol by former President Donald Trump's supporters turns on Thursd...
Apr 15, 2021
Investigators find officer wounded in Tennessee school shooting not shot by student’s gun
(Corrects second paragraph to say student's age was 17, not 18) (Reuters) - The police officer wounded during a shooting incident inside a high school in Knoxville, Tennessee was struck by a bullet th...
Apr 15, 2021
U.S. Chamber backs Manchin, Sinema with campaign contributions
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said it is backing Democratic senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema with campaign contributions, rewarding them for their oppositi...
Apr 15, 2021
U.S. seeks to polish tarnished reputation with new climate change pledges ahead of Earth Day
By Valerie Volcovici and Kate Abnett WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States hopes to restore its shattered credibility when it hosts a climate change summit next week by pledging to cut its...
Apr 15, 2021
U.S. Senate panel to consider Biden Postal Board nominees April 22
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee will hold an April 22 hearing on President Joe Biden's three nominees to serve on the U.S. Postal Boa...
Apr 14, 2021
New York’s largest hospital system sets up mental health center for employees
By Hussein Al Waaile and Roselle Chen NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's largest healthcare provider Northwell Health has opened a center to offer resilience and traumatic stress services to its 76,000 h...
Apr 14, 2021
Prosecutors say Kristin Smart was killed during rape or attempted rape
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Prosecutors on Wednesday charged a former classmate with the murder of Kristin Smart, a California college freshman who went missing nearly 25 years ago, allegi...
Apr 14, 2021
