Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Television broadcaster, news anchor Barbara Walters dies at 93 – ABC news
(Reuters) - Barbara Walters, one of American television's most prominent interviewers and the first woman to anchor an evening news broadcast, has died at 93, ABC News reported on Friday. (Reporting b...
Dec 30, 2022
North Carolina won’t charge Trump’s ex-staff Meadows with voter fraud
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. state of North Carolina will not charge former Republican President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows with voter fraud, the state's Justice D...
Dec 30, 2022
Pentagon awards $7.8 billion F-35 contract modification to Lockheed Martin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Defense Department said on Friday it had awarded a $7.8 billion contract modification for F-35 aircraft to Lockheed Martin Corp. "This modification adds scope to procure...
Dec 30, 2022
Mexican authorities uncover human skulls in package headed for U.S
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Four human skulls were discovered inside a package at a Mexican airport that was due to be sent by courier to the United States, local authorities said on Friday. The skulls we...
Dec 30, 2022
U.S. appeals court upholds Florida high school’s transgender bathroom policy
(Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court on Friday upheld a Florida high school's policy forbidding transgender students from using bathrooms that accord with their chosen identities. In a 7-4 vote...
Dec 30, 2022
Factbox-Summary of Trump’s tax returns for 2015 through 2020
(Reuters) - A Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives committee on Friday released former President Donald Trump's tax returns from 2015 through 2020. Below are highlights from his persona...
Dec 30, 2022
Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 accounts for 40.5% of U.S. COVID cases – CDC
(Reuters) - Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is estimated to account for 40.5% of COVID-19 cases in the United States in the week of Dec. 31, nearly doubling from the previous week, data from the U.S. Cente...
Dec 30, 2022
U.S. ramps up immigration arrests mostly at Mexican border
By Mica Rosenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Immigration arrests nearly doubled in 2022 compared to 2021 as border authorities apprehended more migrants and courts blocked efforts by U.S. President Joe Bide...
Dec 30, 2022
Biden issues six pardons, including for minor drug convictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday pardoned six people who already served time for crimes, including five convicted of minor drug or alcohol-related offenses and a woman who kil...
Dec 30, 2022
Person taken into custody in connection with homicides of four Idaho students – NBC News
(Reuters) -A 25-year-old man was taken into custody in Pennsylvania on Friday in connection with the homicides of four University of Idaho students in November, NBC News reported, citing law enforceme...
Dec 30, 2022
