Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Tyre Nichols had legal amount of alcohol in blood when beaten by Memphis police -ABC
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - An autopsy showed Tyre Nichols had a legal amount of alcohol and a trace amount of marijuana in his blood when Memphis police beat the Black man to death after a traffic s...
May 03, 2023
China, US to boost passenger airline flights – USDOT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) on Wednesday issued an order approving Chinese airlines to increase their U.S. passenger services to 12 weekly round-trip flights -- a...
May 03, 2023
U.S. Senate passes motion repealing Biden suspension of tariffs on certain solar panel parts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan measure to repeal President Joe Biden's suspension of tariffs on solar panel parts from four Southeast Asia countries passed the U.S. Senate on Wednesday evening. (...
May 03, 2023
White House report: Debt limit default could cost 8.3 million U.S. jobs
(Reuters) - A protracted default on U.S. payment obligations could result in the loss of 8.3 million jobs and a 6.1% reduction in economic output, according to an analysis by the White House Council o...
May 03, 2023
Trump calls rape claim ‘ridiculous’ in recorded testimony played during civil trial
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Donald Trump denied raping writer E. Jean Carroll in a deposition video played on Wednesday for a Manhattan federal jury, as the former U.S. president sought to defend himsel...
May 03, 2023
Families of US detainees urge Biden to do more to deter hostage-taking
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. citizen Jose Pereira, who was "wrongfully detained" in Venezuela exactly one year ago, stood meters away from the White House on Wednesday and pleaded with...
May 03, 2023
Ex-OpenSea manager convicted in NFT insider trading case
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former product manager at OpenSea, the world's largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), was convicted on Wednesday of fraud and money laundering for usin...
May 03, 2023
US criminal justice alliance seeks to erase ‘trial penalty’
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 24 U.S. civil rights and criminal justice groups and advocates on Wednesday launched a coalition aimed at reforming sentencing so people convicted a...
May 03, 2023
No evidence Ed Sheeran copied ‘Let’s Get It On,’ jury is told
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran's lawyer on Wednesday urged jurors to reject a lawsuit accusing Sheeran of copying Marvin Gaye's classic "Let's Get it On,"...
May 03, 2023
New York adds 300 MW transmission line from Rainey to Corona
(Reuters) - A new 300-megawatt (MW) Con Edison Rainey-to-Corona transmission line, which can power 240,000 average-sized homes in New York City's Queens borough, has been energized, New York Governor ...
May 03, 2023
