Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Japanese billionaire Maezawa picks K-pop star T.O.P., DJ Steve Aoki for join SpaceX moon trip
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Friday revealed that K-pop star T.O.P. and DJ Steve Aoki will be among the eight crew members he plans to take on a trip around the moon next y...
Dec 08, 2022
U.S. citizen Sarah Kirvanek deported from Russia
(Reuters) - Sarah Krivanek, a U.S. citizen ordered deported by a Russian court over a domestic dispute, has left Russia, Krivanek said while aboard a plane about to leave Moscow's Domodedovo airport l...
Dec 08, 2022
U.S. Justice Dept asks judge to hold Trump team in contempt in documents probe -Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal judge to hold former Donald Trump's office in contempt of court for failing to fully comply with a subpoena to return all classifi...
Dec 08, 2022
Fired Amazon organizer loses bid to revive race bias lawsuit
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday declined to revive claims that Amazon.com Inc fired New York warehouse worker Christian Smalls, a pivotal figure in a campaign to unioni...
Dec 08, 2022
New York mayor pledges to boost city’s housing by 500,000 units
By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday unveiled a plan to boost its housing supply by 500,000 dwellings over the next decade by easing regulations for home...
Dec 08, 2022
Blinken says he spoke to sister of detained American Whelan
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had spoken on Thursday to the sister of Paul Whelan, the ex-U.S. Marine who is being detained in Russia, on the same day that a prisoner swap...
Dec 08, 2022
U.S. lawmakers push for more oversight of Elon Musk’s Neuralink
By Rachael Levy (Reuters) - U.S. House Representatives Earl Francis Blumenauer and Adam Schiff want further U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scrutiny of Elon Musk's Neuralink following a Reuters ...
Dec 08, 2022
Democrats in U.S. Congress aim to pressure Republicans with go-it-alone funding bill
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Congress plan to unveil a bill to fund the government through the end of the current fiscal year in a bid to pressure Republicans ahead of...
Dec 08, 2022
U.S. House backs sweeping defense bill, voting continues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives backed legislation on Thursday paving the way for the defense budget to hit a record $858 billion next year, $45 billion more than proposed by ...
Dec 08, 2022
Republican Gallagher to lead new U.S. House China select committee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher was named on Thursday to lead a select committee being created in the U.S. House of Representatives to focus on economic and securi...
Dec 08, 2022
