Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Analysis-U.S. leaks show clash between ‘need to know’ vs ‘need to share’
By Jonathan Landay, Idrees Ali and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The latest U.S. intelligence leak illustrates a paradox of spycraft: keeping secrets means limiting their distribution but pro...
Apr 14, 2023
US, Mexico agree to ramp up fight against fentanyl and arms trafficking
By Adriana Barrera and Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico and the United States on Thursday agreed to ramp up the fight against fentanyl trafficking, as well as Mexico's Sinaloa and CJNG drug...
Apr 13, 2023
Biden admin greenlights LNG exports from Alaska project -document
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday approved exports of liquefied natural gas from the Alaska LNG project, a document showed, as the United States competes w...
Apr 13, 2023
No delay for Trump in rape accuser’s trial, more discovery allowed
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday said Donald Trump's defamation trial over whether he raped a writer in the mid-1990s will begin as scheduled on April 25, rejecting th...
Apr 13, 2023
Minneapolis settles two lawsuits involving ex-officer who killed George Floyd
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The city of Minneapolis on Thursday settled two lawsuits brought by Black residents involving Derek Chauvin, the white former police officer convicted of murde...
Apr 13, 2023
Texas county keeps libraries open amid fight over banned books
By Evan Garcia and Brad Brooks LLANO, Texas (Reuters) - A rural Texas county's public libraries will remain open while a court battle continues over whether local officials can remove books deemed ina...
Apr 13, 2023
Over 18,000 cows die in Texas dairy farm blaze
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - More than 18,000 cows died after an explosion and fire at a family dairy farm in west Texas, marking the deadliest such barn blaze on record in the United States. Firefighter...
Apr 13, 2023
Florida lawmakers approve 6-week abortion ban, sending to Governor Desantis for signature
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Florida's Republican-led House of Representatives on Thursday gave final approval to a six-week abortion ban, setting the stage for abortion access to be drastically cu...
Apr 13, 2023
Some U.S. abortion pill providers curb availability after appeals court ruling
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - U.S. telehealth abortion providers scrambled on Thursday to keep their services available after a federal appeals court ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone could be di...
Apr 13, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court won’t halt $6 billion student debt settlement
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to halt a legal settlement that would erase more than $6 billion in debt owed by former students of colleges - many of t...
Apr 13, 2023
