Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. first lady Jill Biden gets biographical comic book
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Jill Biden is getting her own biographical comic book, joining women like Vice President Kamala Harris, nun Mother Theresa and country star Dolly Parton in TidalWa...
Mar 30, 2021
Biden releases first slate of judicial nominees: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden released his first slate of 11 federal judicial nominations on Wednesday, including three Black women for federal circuit court vacancies, a Muslim American ...
Mar 30, 2021
Auto industry urges Biden to back ‘comprehensive’ EV plan
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major automakers, parts companies and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union urged U.S. President Joe Biden to support a "comprehensive plan" on electric vehicl...
Mar 30, 2021
New York police seek man who made “anti-Asian statements” while attacking woman
(Reuters) - New York police are searching for a man who punched and kicked a 65-year-old woman while making "anti-Asian statements", the latest violent incident following a rise in hate crimes in the ...
Mar 30, 2021
Analysis: Corporations, wealthy pay in Biden infrastructure plan, not drivers and riders
By Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's plans to spend billions of dollars on the United States' crumbling roads and mass transit include a novel twist - making companies and w...
Mar 30, 2021
Where is my aunt? Kids separated from relatives at the border strain U.S. shelters
By Kristina Cooke and Mica Rosenberg SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ten-year-old Leonardo had not seen his mother in years. His hope, as he set out from Guatemala with his aunt and her young daughter, was ...
Mar 30, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Black Americans drops – poll
(Reuters) - The percentage of U.S. Black adults who say they have either received a vaccine shot for COVID-19 or want one as soon as possible rose to 55% in March from 41% in February, a survey by the...
Mar 30, 2021
Witness to deadly arrest of George Floyd returning to stand in Derek Chauvin murder trial
By Jonathan Allen MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A professional mixed martial arts fighter who witnessed the deadly arrest of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May is due to return to the stand on Tuesday for...
Mar 30, 2021
Arkansas legislature passes bill to ban certain types of care for transgender youth
(Reuters) - Arkansas lawmakers passed a measure on Monday that could make the state the first in the country to prevent doctors from providing certain types of care to transgender youth, part of a wav...
Mar 29, 2021
U.S. House panel probes SpaceX launch activities
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said on Monday it is investigating a SpaceX commercial space launch that regulators ...
Mar 29, 2021
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