Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
White House says it will win Merck lawsuit, defends Medicare drug negotiations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is confident it will succeed in the courts against Merck & Co's lawsuit filed on Tuesday, the White House said, defending the Medicare health insurance ...
Jun 06, 2023
US DOJ settles probe of illegal dumping in Houston’s minority neighborhoods
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice secured a settlement in its environmental justice investigation into Houston's response to illegal dumping in Black and Latino n...
Jun 06, 2023
OneTaste sexual wellness executives charged by U.S. with forced labor
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The founder of OneTaste, a sexual wellness company that claims to teach "orgasmic meditation," has been charged with running a cult-like conspiracy involving forced labor, federal...
Jun 06, 2023
US cannot disarm people convicted of non-violent crimes -appeals court
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - The U.S. government cannot ban people convicted of non-violent crimes from possessing guns, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The ruling from the Philadelphia-ba...
Jun 06, 2023
US judge in Florida blocks enforcement of state ban on gender-affirming care
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A federal judge in Florida on Tuesday partially blocked the state from enforcing its recent ban on people under 18 receiving gender-affirming care such as puberty blocke...
Jun 06, 2023
Cuba Gooding Jr settles civil sex abuse case moments before trial
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Cuba Gooding Jr. reached a settlement on Tuesday with a woman who sued him for $6 million on an accusation that he raped her a decade ago, with the agreement coming minutes b...
Jun 06, 2023
US passenger railroad Amtrak CEO says ridership near pre-pandemic levels
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner said on Tuesday the U.S. passenger railroad expects traffic to get back to pre-pandemic levels even as it projects about $800 mill...
Jun 06, 2023
Missouri to execute man for murder of deputies despite jurors’ appeal
(Reuters) - A man who fatally shot two Missouri correctional officers in 2000 was scheduled to be executed on Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court and the governor declined to intervene even though ju...
Jun 06, 2023
Toronto, Ottawa covered in smoke from wildfires
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Smoke from wildfires in eastern Canada has polluted the air over Toronto and Ottawa and triggered health alerts from Environment Canada on Tuesday. Canada has experienced an unprece...
Jun 06, 2023
Lawyer for billionaire linked to US Justice Thomas offers to meet Senate staff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A lawyer for Texas billionaire Harlan Crow has offered to meet with Senate Judiciary Committee staff to discuss the panel's concerns over his ties to conservative U.S. Supreme C...
Jun 06, 2023
