Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. road travel rises, nears pre-pandemic levels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department said vehicle travel rose by 0.1% in October to 285.9 billion miles as road travel is nearing pre-pandemic levels for the year. In recent month...
Dec 22, 2022
Target recalls children’s weighted blankets after two deaths
(Reuters) - Target Corp said on Thursday it has recalled about 204,000 Pillowfort weighted blankets for children after receiving reports of two fatalities. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ...
Dec 22, 2022
Immigration standoff stalls U.S. Senate $1.66 trillion government funding bill
By Gram Slattery and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A standoff over U.S. immigration policy stalled movement on a $1.66 trillion government funding bill in the Senate on Thursday, raising the ris...
Dec 22, 2022
Airlines scrap nearly 2,000 U.S. flights as winter storm disrupts holiday travel
(Reuters) - Airlines canceled nearly 2,000 U.S. flights scheduled for Thursday and Friday, disrupting holiday travel for thousands, as an Arctic blast surged across a wide swath of the country ahead o...
Dec 22, 2022
FTX founder Bankman-Fried to make U.S. court appearance after extradition
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to appear before a U.S. court on Thursday after being extradited from The Bahamas, where he had remained since the collapse ...
Dec 22, 2022
Ukrainian Americans see Zelenskiy visit as promising sign, urge more U.S. support
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukrainian Americans in Washington saw President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's U.S. visit as a promising sign that displayed strong relations between the countries but ...
Dec 21, 2022
‘We’re waiting’: Migrants throng U.S.-Mexico border in asylum limbo
By Jose Luis Gonzalez and Daina Beth Solomon CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) -Hundreds of migrants bundled in coats and blankets formed a long line in cold winter air at the U.S.-Mexico border on Wedn...
Dec 21, 2022
Crews work to restore running water, power to quake-rattled northern California
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Utility crews worked through a second day on Wednesday to restore electricity, gas service and running water to thousands of homes and businesses left without basic necessi...
Dec 21, 2022
Republican senators propose overhaul of Federal Reserve amid concerns about politics
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seven Republican U.S. senators on Wednesday announced a new bill aimed at reshaping the Federal Reserve's 12 regional banks, amid concerns that those instituti...
Dec 21, 2022
Trump will challenge NY sex abuse law in writer’s defamation lawsuit
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - Donald Trump plans to argue that a New York law allowing a writer to sue the former U.S. president over claims that he raped her decades ago is unconstitutional, accordi...
Dec 21, 2022
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