Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Uvalde shooting victims file $27 billion class-action suit
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Victims of the Uvalde mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school in May have filed a $27 billion class-action lawsuit against an a...
Dec 01, 2022
U.S. appeals court rules against Trump in documents fight, ends arbiter
By Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Thursday dealt a blow to Donald Trump, reversing a judge's appointment of an independent arbiter to vet documents seized by the FBI ...
Dec 01, 2022
U.S. Congress backs legislation to block rail strike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate backed a measure to block a potentially devastating railroad strike after President Joe Biden had warned that the economic impacts could have been felt in the co...
Dec 01, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Biden’s bid to reinstate student debt plan
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear President Joe Biden's bid to reinstate his plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt after it was blocked by a lo...
Dec 01, 2022
Self-portrait of artist who fled Nazis sells for 23 million euros in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - A striking self-portrait created by artist Max Beckmann during World War Two after he fled Nazi Germany was sold for 23.2 million euros on Thursday, a record price for a painting au...
Dec 01, 2022
Pharmacy owner in deadly 2012 U.S. meningitis outbreak gets 1 year in prison
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A co-owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy whose mold-tainted drugs sparked a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012 was sentenced on Thursday to one year...
Dec 01, 2022
U.S. Rep. Clyburn wins new House Democratic Party post as Cicilline bows out
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative James Clyburn on Thursday was elected to be assistant House Democratic leader starting in January, after Representative David Cicilline dropped his bid for t...
Dec 01, 2022
As U.S. diversifies, Democrats to push Iowa from top president-picking spot
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden may be a man of tradition, but the Democratic Party he leads is poised to get rid of one of its oldest political...
Dec 01, 2022
U.S. urges 15-year sentence for ex-Theranos president Balwani
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence former Theranos Inc President Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani to 15 years in prison for defrauding investors and patients in the ...
Dec 01, 2022
Walmart worker’s suit over shooting faces legal obstacles, experts say
(Changes to 'she' from 'they' in first paragraph) By Daniel Wiessner and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -An employee at the Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, where a supervisor shot six co-workers dead last...
Dec 01, 2022
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