Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden tells Kishida U.S. strongly supports defense of Japan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on Friday and told him that the United States strongly supports the defense of Japan. ...
Jan 13, 2023
Gucci hits runway as fashion world awaits new designer
By Mimosa Spencer and Elisa Anzolin PARIS/MILAN (Reuters) - Gucci kicked off Milan fashion week on Friday with a lineup of slouchy, androgynous menswear styles, forging ahead with its latest collectio...
Jan 13, 2023
Eight dead, more casualties expected after tornadoes rip through U.S. Southeast
By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) - Rescue teams were searching for missing people in central Alabama on Friday and the death toll was expected to climb, local officials said, after thunderstorms and tornad...
Jan 13, 2023
Biden to expedite deportation relief for migrants caught up in labor abuses – document
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will expedite the deportation relief process for immigrants in the United States illegally who witness or experience labor abuses in an an...
Jan 13, 2023
U.S. senators press Southwest to answer questions on holiday meltdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 15 U.S. senators on Friday demanded Southwest Airlines Chief Executive Bob Jordan answer questions about the low-cost carrier's holiday meltdown that led to nearly 16...
Jan 13, 2023
Judge sentences Trump Organization to pay $1.6 million penalty for tax fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge on Friday sentenced Donald Trump's namesake real estate company to pay a $1.6 million criminal penalty, after it was convicted of scheming to defraud tax authorit...
Jan 13, 2023
Omicron sub-variant XBB.1.5 accounts for 43% of U.S. COVID cases – CDC
(Reuters) - The fast-spreading Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is estimated to account for 43% of the COVID-19 cases in the United States for the week ended Jan. 14, data from the Centers for Disease Contr...
Jan 13, 2023
Kevin Spacey pleads not guilty in UK court to more sex offence charges
LONDON (Reuters) -Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty in a London court on Friday to seven more sex offence charges, denying a number of alleged sexual assaults against one man between...
Jan 13, 2023
Donald Trump’s company to be sentenced for 15-year tax fraud
By Karen Freifeld and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Friday will learn how the company that bears the former U.S. president's name will be punished after being found guilty of s...
Jan 13, 2023
Robert Hur: special counsel on Biden classified document probe
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday named Robert Hur as special counsel to investigate whether President Joe Biden had improperly handled sensiti...
Jan 13, 2023
