Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Exclusive: Dozens of former Republican officials in talks to form anti-Trump third party
By Tim Reid (Reuters) - Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are in talks t...
Feb 10, 2021
Executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate accused of complicity by U.S. Virgin Islands
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - The executors of Jeffrey Epstein's estate were accused on Wednesday of being the "indispensable captains" of the financier's sex trafficking scheme, escalating a legal ...
Feb 10, 2021
Larry Flynt, porn publisher and free speech activist, dead at 78: Washington Post
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt Jr., the self-described "smut peddler who cares," who used his pornography empire and flair for the outrageous to push the limits of free...
Feb 10, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell cannot compel Epstein accuser to divulge settlement payment: U.S. judge
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman who claims she was sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein and is expected to testify against Ghislaine Maxwell at her criminal trial need not disclose how ...
Feb 10, 2021
Manhattan federal prosecutor to stay in office at present
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, will remain in her job for the present, federal officials said on Wednesday. ...
Feb 10, 2021
65.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines delivered, 44.7 million administered: U.S. CDC
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 44,769,970 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and delivered 65,972,575 doses. Th...
Feb 10, 2021
New York will reopen stadiums with limited capacity
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state will allow large stadiums and arenas, such as Citi Field and Madison Square Garden, to reopen for sports and concerts later this month, with sharply limited capacit...
Feb 10, 2021
White House says most migrants will be turned away from border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Now is not the time for new migrants to come to the U.S. border and most will be turned away, the White House said on Wednesday, citing the coronavirus pandemic and the Biden ad...
Feb 10, 2021
U.S. border agents do not need warrants to search digital devices, court rules
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled that U.S. border agents do not need warrants to search travelers' smartphones and laptops at airports and other U.S. ports of entry, a ...
Feb 10, 2021
U.S. government partnering with Texas to build three mass vaccination sites
(Reuters) - The federal government is partnering with the state of Texas to build three mass vaccination sites, following last week's announcement that it would build mass sites in California, federal...
Feb 10, 2021
