Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. has evidence hackers accessed its nuclear networks -Politico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration, which manages the country's nuclear weapons stockpile, have evidence that hackers gained access to their...
Dec 17, 2020
U.S. whistleblower was pressed to exaggerate leftist role in urban protests, lawyer says
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former acting chief of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's intelligence office has told Congress that DHS leaders pressed him to overstate illegal bor...
Dec 17, 2020
More than 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolboys handed to government – Katsina governor
LAGOS (Reuters) - More than 300 schoolboys kidnapped in northern Nigeria were handed over to government security, the Katsina state governor said in a televised interview. The boys, whose abduction wa...
Dec 17, 2020
Canada floats idea of North American ban on new gasoline-powered cars
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada wants deeper environmental ties with the United States and one result could be a North American ban on the sale of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and ...
Dec 17, 2020
Down on Atlantic City boardwalk, they’re auctioning chance to blow up former Trump casino for charity
(Reuters) - Officials in Atlantic City, New Jersey, are auctioning the chance to push the detonation button when the building once known as the Trump Plaza casino is demolished next year, with the pro...
Dec 17, 2020
Biden’s Secretary of State nominee makes first visit to State Department
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, visited the State Department for the first time on Thursday, taking part in his firs...
Dec 17, 2020
Biden picks U.S. Representative Deb Haaland to be Interior Secretary: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-Elect Joe Biden will nominate Representative Deb Haaland to serve as his Interior Secretary, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Haaland, a Democratic congresswoman...
Dec 17, 2020
Sacklers apologize but deflect blame at U.S. congressional opioid hearing
By Mike Spector (Reuters) - Two members of the wealthy Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP offered apologies on Thursday for the role the prescription painkiller has played in the ...
Dec 17, 2020
Google hit with third antitrust lawsuit as more than 30 U.S. states sue
By Diane Bartz and Paresh Dave (Reuters) - A group of U.S. state attorneys general including Colorado and 34 other states filed an antitrust complaint against Alphabet Inc's Google on Thursday, markin...
Dec 17, 2020
U.S. Senate panel leaders call for IRS briefing following hacking campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Thursday call on the Internal Revenue Service to brief lawmakers on whether any U.S. taxpayer data was compromised in the rec...
Dec 17, 2020
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