Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. judge rules Internet Archive’s digital book lending violates copyrights
By Nate Raymond and Blake Brittain (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday ruled that an online library operated by the nonprofit organization Internet Archive had infringed the copyrights of four major U....
Mar 24, 2023
Two dead, nine missing in Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion
(Reuters) - Two people were dead and nine missing after an explosion ripped through a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania, on Friday, officials said. The blast sent flames, smoke, dust and...
Mar 24, 2023
Los Angeles school workers reach contract agreement with district
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles school officials reached an agreement on a tentative contract with some 30,000 education workers on Friday, a day after the union ended a three-day strike that disr...
Mar 24, 2023
Gwyneth Paltrow testifies she was struck from behind in ski collision
By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Gwyneth Paltrow took the stand on Friday to testify that she was not at fault for a 2016 ski slope collision in Utah that left a man with a concussion...
Mar 24, 2023
Canada, US amend decades-old pact after surge in irregular asylum seekers
By Anna Mehler Paperny and Ted Hesson (Reuters) - Canada and the United States on Friday changed a two-decade-old refugee agreement as part of their attempts to reduce the record influx of asylum seek...
Mar 24, 2023
At least two dead, more injured in Texas train incident
(Reuters) - At least two people were killed and multiple others, including suspected undocumented immigrants, were injured on Friday in some type of incident involving a train in south Texas, official...
Mar 24, 2023
US Justice Dept’s Google advertising case gets fast-paced schedule
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday set a fast-paced schedule in the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit challenging Google LLC's digital advertising technology practices, ...
Mar 24, 2023
In victory for labor unions, Michigan governor repeals ‘right-to-work’ law
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Friday signed a package of bills repealing the state's so-called "right to work" law that allowed workers to opt out of unions, a long...
Mar 24, 2023
U.S. senators urge Biden to share information on war crimes with ICC as it pursues Putin
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican U.S. senators urged the Biden administration on Friday to share information with the International Criminal Court that could assis...
Mar 24, 2023
U.S. Transportation Dept denies JetBlue, Spirit exemption request, citing DOJ lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday denied an exemption request by JetBlue and Spirit to operate under common ownership, citing the Department of Justice's (DOJ) antitr...
Mar 24, 2023
