Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
US News will still rank law schools as Georgetown joins boycott
By Karen Sloan (Reuters) - At least four leading law schools broke up this week with the U.S. News & World Report rankings, with Georgetown Law on Friday joining the law schools at Yale, Harvard and B...
Nov 18, 2022
Taylor Swift says ticket buying problems ‘excruciating’ to watch
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Pop superstar Taylor Swift said on Friday it was "excruciating" for her to watch fans struggle to secure tickets for her upcoming U.S. tour after she had been assured that Ticke...
Nov 18, 2022
Trump’s kids gave me raise after learning of tax cheating, ex-CFO testifies
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's children did not discipline the Trump Organization's longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg and even raised his salary after learning in 2017 he cheated...
Nov 18, 2022
Justice Dept asks Supreme Court to lift ruling against Biden’s student loan relief plan
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S Justice Department on Friday asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower court ruling that blocked President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in student de...
Nov 18, 2022
U.S. urges jury to convict Oath Keepers for plotting to block peaceful transfer of power
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal prosecutor on Friday urged a Washington jury to convict far-right Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four of his associates for plotting to use ...
Nov 18, 2022
Hakeem Jeffries launches bid to lead U.S. House Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmaker Hakeem Jeffries launched a bid on Friday to become Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, a day after the chamber's speaker, Nancy Pelosi, announced th...
Nov 18, 2022
Western New York eyes weekend deluge of lake-effect snow
By Lindsay DeDario BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) - Parts of Western New York state woke up on Friday to nearly 2 feet (0.6 meter) of "lake effect" snow, about half of the total accumulations that forecaster...
Nov 18, 2022
COVID variants BQ.1/BQ.1.1 make up nearly half of U.S. cases – CDC
(Reuters) - The U.S. national public health agency said on Friday that Omicron sub-variants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 estimated to account nearly half of the COVID-19 cases in the country for the week ended Nov...
Nov 18, 2022
U.S. senator plans Ticketmaster hearing this year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress plans to hold a hearing on Ticketmaster, prompted by problems with Taylor Swift ticket sales this week and long-running issues like hidden fees, a key senator said on F...
Nov 18, 2022
U.S.’s Blinken to visit Qatar next week, meet senior officials -State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Qatar on Nov. 21-22 to launch the fifth annual U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue, the State Department said on Friday, a trip t...
Nov 18, 2022
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