Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Punishing winter storm to move inland, pummel U.S. Northeast
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - A major winter storm that has already dropped more than a foot of snow across the Northeastern United States and killed an elderly Pennsylvania woman was expected...
Feb 02, 2021
New U.S. transit mask rules ordered by Biden take effect
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New rules took effect just before midnight Tuesday requiring millions of travelers in the United States to wear masks on airplanes, trains, buses, ferries, t...
Feb 01, 2021
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez recalls Jan. 6 attack, wants Republicans held to account
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez described being terrified for her life during the storming of the U.S. Capitol in an emotional broadcast on Monday night, doub...
Feb 01, 2021
Republican Faulconer to challenge Democrat Newsom for governor of California
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, a Republican with a reputation as a moderate, announced a bid for governor of California on Monday, challengi...
Feb 01, 2021
U.S. charges Montreal man with defrauding elderly in lottery scam
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A Montreal man has been criminally charged in New York for his role in a multimillion dollar telemarketing fraud where elderly victims were falsely told they had won Ca...
Feb 01, 2021
Rochester police under investigation again after pepper-spraying 9-year-old girl
(Reuters) - Police officers in Rochester, New York, came under investigation again on Monday after the release of body-camera footage showed officers handcuffing and pepper-spraying a 9-year-old girl....
Feb 01, 2021
Biden asks U.S. Supreme Court to cancel asylum, border wall arguments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to cancel upcoming oral arguments and delay further action in two pending appeals that were filed by ...
Feb 01, 2021
Factbox: Biden’s COVID-19 relief plan vs. Senate Republicans counter-proposal
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has proposed a $1.9 trillion package to fight the coronavirus and help those affected by it. A group of 10 Senate Republicans has proposed a smaller $600 billion p...
Feb 01, 2021
House Democrats aim to remove Majorie Taylor Greene from committees over violent comments
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats on Monday said they would seek to strip conspiracy theory-backing Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene of committee assignments over incen...
Feb 01, 2021
Early U.S. data indicates Blacks, Hispanics lagging in COVID-19 vaccines
(Reuters) - Early data of U.S. vaccinations on Monday suggested that Blacks and Hispanics received a smaller proportion of shots than their representation among healthcare workers and nursing home res...
Feb 01, 2021
