Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Drake, 21 Savage agree not to use ‘Vogue’ trademarks to promote No. 1 album
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drake and 21 Savage have stopped using Vogue trademarks to promote their new No. 1 album "Her Loss," and agreed to a preliminary injunction against resuming th...
Nov 17, 2022
Hakeem Jeffries favored to lead U.S. House Democrats after Pelosi exit
By Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to step down from her leadership role after her fellow Democrats lost their ma...
Nov 17, 2022
U.S.’s Hoyer to leave leadership, backs Jeffries as top House Democrat -Punchbowl News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer will step down from the Democratic leadership but will remain in Congress, Punchbowl News reported on Thursday, adding that Hoyer will bac...
Nov 17, 2022
U.S. judge blocks Florida law curbing professor speech
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked key provisions of a Florida state law that curbs professors from endorsing particular viewpoints in public university classrooms, calling...
Nov 17, 2022
U.S. aims for zero-emissions heavy-duty vehicles by 2040
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States aims to only sell and produce zero-emissions medium- and heavy-duty vehicles like school buses and tractor trailers by 2040, the U.S. energ...
Nov 17, 2022
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi wraps up long and historic leadership career
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nancy Pelosi is wrapping up a long career of congressional leadership in which she became the only woman to serve in the powerful post of U.S. House of Repr...
Nov 17, 2022
Pelosi says she will not seek re-election to House Democrats’ top job
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday announced that she will not seek re-election to the leadership of the Democratic caucus, making way for a younger ...
Nov 17, 2022
Up to 4 feet of lake-effect snow may fall on Western New York, parts of Ohio
By Lindsey DeDario and Rich McKay BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) - Western New York and parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan may be inundated by up to four feet of lake-effect snow by the end of the week...
Nov 17, 2022
U.S. Justice Dept launches civil rights probe of Oklahoma’s mental health services
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department announced on Thursday it is investigating the state of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City and the city's police department over whether adults with behavioral health disab...
Nov 17, 2022
Three U.S. agents wounded in Puerto Rico gun battle with suspected drug smugglers
By Ivelisse Rivera SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Three U.S. federal agents were wounded in a gun battle with suspected drug smugglers on Thursday while inspecting a vessel believed to be carrying drugs off the...
Nov 17, 2022
