Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Penguin Random House drops Scott Adams’ book after racist rant – WSJ
(Reuters) - Portfolio, the business imprint of the world's largest book publisher Penguin Random House, will not publish Scott Adams' book "Reframe Your Brain", the Wall Street Journal reported on Mon...
Feb 27, 2023
U.S. Labor Department probes Hearthside Food Solutions for possible child labor violations -sources
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Labor has opened an investigation against Hearthside Food Solutions, a U.S. food contractor that makes and packages products for well-known...
Feb 27, 2023
NASA to name solar scientist as agency’s science chief, sources say
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA has picked a longtime solar scientist who heads its heliophysics division to become the U.S. space agency's science chief, according two people familiar wi...
Feb 27, 2023
Court revives challenge to New York law protecting workers who get abortions
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived an anti-abortion crisis pregnancy center's challenge to a New York state law that prohibits retaliation against employees for gett...
Feb 27, 2023
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill asserting state oversight of land around Walt Disney World
By Dawn Chmielewski and Helen Coster (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that asserts state oversight on the land surrounding Walt Disney World, dramatically changing a s...
Feb 27, 2023
US must push China to be honest about COVID origins, US envoy says
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns on Monday said Washington must push Beijing to be more honest about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. Burns, speaking by vide...
Feb 27, 2023
Democratic congresswoman Slotkin announces run for open Michigan Senate seat
By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin of Michigan on Monday said she will run for the Senate seat being left open by Debbie Stabenow in 2024. Slotki...
Feb 27, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court to hear consumer watchdog agency’s appeal
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure established by Congress violates the U.S. C...
Feb 27, 2023
Destructive tornadoes in U.S. Plains injure a dozen, cut power for thousands
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - A string of tornadoes roared through Oklahoma and Kansas overnight, leaving a path of damaged structures and flipped-over vehicles, and causing a dozen or more i...
Feb 27, 2023
Republican war on ‘woke’ policies creeps into U.S. debt-ceiling debate
By Jason Lange and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans are eyeing $150 billion in spending cuts that reflect a hardline drive to target education, healthcare and housing - parti...
Feb 27, 2023
