Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
White House confirms firing of 5 employees based on marijuana use
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it has fired five employees over marijuana use, even after announcing a more lenient policy toward past use of the drug a few weeks ago. White Hou...
Mar 19, 2021
New U.S. trade ‘czar’ Tai vows to promote equitable growth, give workers more say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai vowed on Friday to leverage trade to help the U.S. economy recover from the coronavirus crisis by focusing on policies that promoted ...
Mar 19, 2021
Tears and outrage: Victims of Georgia spa killings remembered by loved ones
By Rich McKay and Alexandra Ulmer ACWORTH, Ga. (Reuters) - Clutching a bouquet of flowers, Jami Webb wept alongside her fiance Kevin Chen at a makeshift memorial set up in front of Young's Asian Massa...
Mar 19, 2021
Trump’s Florida resort partially closed, workers quarantined after coronavirus outbreak: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Parts of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Palm Beach, Florida, golf resort have been temporarily closed because of a coronavirus outbreak, according to two sources familiar ...
Mar 19, 2021
San Francisco Fed sets diversity goal for boards, councils
By Ann Saphir SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank on Friday set a five-year goal for achieving diversity on its boards and advisory councils, whose members help shape the ...
Mar 19, 2021
Battle for voting rights is not over in Georgia, Biden says
ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday the battle for voting rights in the state of Georgia was not over. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris visited Georgia on Friday to meet ...
Mar 19, 2021
U.S. VP Harris says Asian Americans have been attacked and scapegoated
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Kamala Harris, the first U.S. Vice President of Asian American descent, said on Friday that Asian Americans have been attacked and scapegoated, in the wake of a deadly shooting ram...
Mar 19, 2021
Former UCLA soccer coach gets 8 months in prison in U.S. college scandal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former men's soccer coach at the University of California, Los Angeles was sentenced on Friday to eight months in prison after admitting he accepted $200,000 in br...
Mar 19, 2021
U.S. Representative Tom Reed accused of sexual misconduct: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Tom Reed, who has been mulling a challenge to Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, has been accused of sexual misconduct by a former insuran...
Mar 19, 2021
Biden steps up family expulsions as U.S.-Mexico border arrivals keep climbing
By Jose Luis Gonzalez, Mica Rosenberg and Ted Hesson CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - The United States is expelling migrants to Mexico far from where they are caught crossing the border, according t...
Mar 19, 2021
