Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. to end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration on Monday said it will end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11, nearly three years after the United States imposed sweeping pandemic me...
Jan 30, 2023
Lawsuit to take aim at Utah law banning transition care for minors
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - The legal director of a leading LGBTQ advocacy group on Monday said he is preparing a lawsuit to ask courts to block a new Utah law that prohibits nearly all gender-transiti...
Jan 30, 2023
Memphis fires two EMTs who responded to police beating of Tyre Nichols
(Reuters) - The Memphis Fire Department on Monday said it had fired two emergency medical technicians and an emergency vehicle driver who responded to the brutal police beating of Tyre Nichols, saying...
Jan 30, 2023
Delaware to allow judges from minor parties or independents
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) -Delaware's governor agreed Monday to consider judicial candidates who have no political affiliation or belong to minor parties, ending a longstanding rule that o...
Jan 30, 2023
U.S. House Republican to pursue safeguards on classified documents
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican head of a key U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Monday that he will pursue bipartisan legislation to better ensure the proper handli...
Jan 30, 2023
U.S. farming is more than ‘go big or go out,’ says ag secretary
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is committed to shoring up small and midsize farm operations, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Monday, laying out a vision...
Jan 30, 2023
U.S. watchdog identifies $5.4 billion in potentially fraudulent COVID-19 loans
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government likely awarded about $5.4 billion in COVID-19 aid to people with questionable Social Security numbers, a federal watchdog said in a report ...
Jan 30, 2023
Judge blocks New Jersey ban on guns at beaches, casinos
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday blocked New Jersey's recently enacted bans on carrying guns at beaches or casinos, though she left in place other restrictions passed by the st...
Jan 30, 2023
Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, has applied for U.S. tourist visa
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a six-month tourist visa to remain in the United States, his lawyer said on Monday, despite calls for...
Jan 30, 2023
Haitians in the U.S. feel pressure to sponsor friends, family back home
By Brian Ellsworth (Reuters) - Haitians in the United States are facing enormous pressure to help family and friends under a U.S. migration program announced this month that may help some people escap...
Jan 30, 2023
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