Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News

(Reuters) - Stephen Bechtel Jr, the third generation of his family to head international construction firm Bechtel Corp, has died aged 95, the company said. Bechtel, who was chief executive for 30 yea...

(Reuters) - AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it has agreed to supply up to half a million additional doses of its experimental antibody-based COVID-19 combination treatment to the United States for $205 mi...

(Reuters) - A prominent order of U.S. Catholic priests has created a foundation to raise a reported $100 million for the descendants of the slaves it once owned and sold and to promote racial reconcil...

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet on Tuesday with Jubilee USA Network, a non-profit group that advocates for debt relief for developing countries, ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday it will require power plants in a dozen states to cut their smog emissions starting this year as part of an effort to help areas of ...

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Prominent progressives including Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are backing a fight against the recall of California Governor Gavin New...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Capitol Police suspended an officer after anti-Semitic reading material was "discovered near his work area," the department said on Monday. The Washington Post, which f...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel will hold a hearing on Thursday to discuss strengthening antitrust law, with the acting Federal Trade Commission chairwoman ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A larger-than-life bronze statue of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a liberal stalwart on the U.S. Supreme Court, has been erected in her hometown of Brooklyn, New York. The...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday he will indefinitely extend a "zero tolerance policy" on unruly air passengers that had been set to expire March 3...