Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Opposition to U.S. school vaccine mandates rose during pandemic -survey
By Shawana Alleyne-Morris (Reuters) - Opposition to COVID-19 vaccine mandates that became increasing political during the pandemic appears to have spilled over to inoculations long required for school...
Dec 16, 2022
State Department launches ‘China House’ amid rivalry with Beijing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Friday launched its long-planned "China House" unit, an internal reorganization to help expand and sharpen its policymaking toward its top geopoliti...
Dec 16, 2022
Botched executions in United States reach record high in 2022, report says
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - The number of botched executions in the United States reached a record high in 2022, according to a report released by a non-profit capital punishment research group on Frid...
Dec 16, 2022
Brittney Griner released from medical center at Texas military base – CNN
(Reuters) - Brittney Griner left the Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on Friday, eight days after the U.S. basketball star arrived at the facility following her release from a Ru...
Dec 16, 2022
Pelosi backs adding TikTok government device ban to funding bill
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi supports adding legislation passed by the Senate this week, which would bar federal government employees from using Chinese-o...
Dec 16, 2022
U.S. Treasury’s Morton steps down, sees growing recognition of climate change risks
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Morton, the U.S. Treasury's first climate counselor, is stepping down, effective Friday, but says he is confident his work in coordinating climate change p...
Dec 16, 2022
Biden plans to elevate Cindy McCain as executive director of WFP- Axios
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is working to elevate Cindy McCain, widow of the late Republican Senator John McCain, as the executive director of World Food Program, Axios reported on Friday cit...
Dec 16, 2022
NASA set to launch first global water survey satellite
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A SpaceX rocket was due for launch from California early on Friday carrying a U.S.-French satellite designed to conduct the first global survey of Earth's surfa...
Dec 16, 2022
Yeshiva University must recognize LGBTQ club, New York appeals court rules
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A New York appeals court on Thursday ruled that Yeshiva University must formally recognize an LGBTQ student group, rejecting the Jewish school's claims that doing so would ...
Dec 15, 2022
U.S. labor board region sides with USC athletes seeking ’employee’ designation
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles regional head of the U.S. agency that enforces U.S. labor laws has sided with scholarship basketball and football players at the University of S...
Dec 15, 2022
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