Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden using CPAP machine for sleep apnea, officials say
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden has begun using a continuous positive airway pressure machine, or CPAP, to address a long-standing problem with sleep apnea, White House officia...
Jun 28, 2023
For Ketanji Brown Jackson, a self-assured and forceful US Supreme Court debut
By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In December, during a heated U.S. Supreme Court oral argument involving a collision between free speech protections for business owners and LGBT ...
Jun 28, 2023
US hunger rates rise as pandemic aid ends, data shows
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - Food insecurity is rising in the U.S. as the end of pandemic-era aid and higher food costs strain low-income Americans, according to data released on Wednesday by the U.S. ...
Jun 28, 2023
In verbal slip, Biden says Putin losing the war in ‘Iraq’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a new verbal slip-up, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was "losing the war in Iraq" when he meant to say Ukraine. Speaking to ...
Jun 28, 2023
Nursing home owners stole $83 million while neglecting residents, NY lawsuit says
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -New York's attorney general on Wednesday accused nursing home operator Centers Health Care and its owners of stealing $83 million in government funds while understaffing ...
Jun 28, 2023
US announces charges in $2.5 billion healthcare fraud takedown
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday announced federal and local criminal charges targeting 78 defendants across 16 states as part of a law enforcement acti...
Jun 28, 2023
Gymnastics-Biles to return to competition in August after two-year hiatus
(Reuters) - Four times Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles will return to competition in early August at the U.S. Classic in Chicago, USA Gymnastics said on Wednesday, in what will be her first event ...
Jun 28, 2023
U.S. launches $7bln program to bring solar to low-income households
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday launched a $7 billion competitive grant program that aims to give low-income communities access to resident...
Jun 28, 2023
Solvay settles drinking water pollution claims with New Jersey
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The U.S. branch of Belgian chemicals company Solvay has struck a deal with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to settle some claims linked to drinking w...
Jun 28, 2023
Judge dismisses lawsuit claiming Amazon sold ‘suicide kits’ to teenagers
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc brought by the parents of two teenagers who committed suicide by consuming sodium nitrite they bought on the...
Jun 28, 2023
