Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Native Americans say U.S. does not own land it is about to give to Rio Tinto
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - Members of Arizona's San Carlos Apache tribe filed a property lien on Thursday in an attempt to regain control over land that the U.S. government is poised to give to Ri...
Jan 14, 2021
Biden names Lisa Monaco as temporary adviser for inauguration security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has asked his nominee for deputy attorney general and former President Barack Obama's counter-terrorism adviser, Lisa Monaco, to serve as a tempor...
Jan 14, 2021
American teachers grapple with patchy COVID-19 vaccine rollout
By Maria Caspani and Brendan O'Brien NEW YORK (Reuters) - For New York City high school teacher Rebecca Crawford, receiving the coronavirus vaccine meant taking the first concrete step towards seeing ...
Jan 14, 2021
Senior U.S. Justice officials pushed family separations, watchdog finds
By Mimi Dwyer (Reuters) - Senior leadership at the U.S. Department of Justice, including former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, knew that a 2018 policy that called for prosecutions of all migrants who...
Jan 14, 2021
Large bitcoin payment made to far-right individuals before U.S. Capitol attack: report
(Reuters) - Payments in bitcoin worth more than $500,000 were made to 22 different virtual wallets, most of them belonging to far-right activists and internet personalities, before the storming of the...
Jan 14, 2021
U.S.-China trade war has cost up to 245,000 U.S. jobs: business group study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with China has caused a peak loss of 245,000 U.S. jobs, but a gradual scaling back of tariffs on both sides would boost growth and lead t...
Jan 14, 2021
U.S. teenager charged in Wisconsin shootings denies white supremacist ties
(Reuters) - A lawyer for Kyle Rittenhouse, the U.S. teenager charged with fatally shooting two protesters during protests in Wisconsin over the summer, on Thursday denied allegations by prosecutors th...
Jan 14, 2021
Increased extremism in U.S. military over past year, senior official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There has been an increase in extremism in the United States military over the past year, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday, but did not provide data on the scope of that ...
Jan 14, 2021
U.S. airlines back Biden plan to mandate masks for passengers
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - A group representing major U.S. airlines on Thursday backed President-elect Joe Biden's plan to mandate facial coverings for all a...
Jan 14, 2021
Instacart to offer gig workers $25 if they get COVID-19 vaccination
(Reuters) - Grocery delivery company Instacart said on Thursday it would pay $25 to its over half-a-million gig workers if they chose to take time off to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The company, ...
Jan 14, 2021
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