Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Senate votes to advance sweeping semiconductor industry bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted 64-32 on Tuesday to advance legislation to boost U.S. semiconductor manufacturing to address concerns about competition with China. The legislation provide...
Jul 26, 2022
Uber need not provide wheelchair access everywhere, U.S. judge rules
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A U.S. judge said Uber Technologies Inc did not violate a federal law protecting people with disabilities by not offering wheelchair-accessible vehicles in every market...
Jul 26, 2022
Alex Jones defamation trial begins over Sandy Hook shooting
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faced the start of a jury trial on Tuesday that will decide how much he must pay the family of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massa...
Jul 26, 2022
Pence warns about focus on 2020 election as Trump returns to Washington
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Mike Pence distanced himself from Donald Trump's repeated falsehoods about a stolen 2020 election on Tuesday, saying hours before the forme...
Jul 26, 2022
U.S. should fine airlines canceling flights over staffing issues – senators
(Reuters) - Two U.S. senators want the U.S. Transportation Department to fine airlines that cancel flights because of staffing or operational issues. Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Alex Padi...
Jul 26, 2022
Texas school principal suspended after Uvalde shooting
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - The principal of the Texas elementary school where a gunman went on a rampage in May has been suspended with pay, her attorney said on Tuesday, two weeks after a damning...
Jul 26, 2022
Omicron BA.5 makes up 82% of COVID variants in U.S. – CDC
(Reuters) - The BA.5 subvariant of Omicron was estimated to make up 81.9% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the United States for the week ended July 23, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
Jul 26, 2022
BioNTech, Pfizer ask U.S. court for clearance over patent dispute with CureVac
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccine maker Biontech said on Tuesday that it and partner Pfizer have filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, seeking a judgment that they did ...
Jul 26, 2022
U.S. FDA grants priority review to Biogen’s ALS drug
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to review Biogen Inc's experimental treatment for an inherited form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), after the therapy failed a late-...
Jul 26, 2022
U.S. first lady Jill Biden’s press secretary to depart – CNN
(Reuters) - U.S. first lady Jill Biden's press secretary Michael LaRosa is departing the White House, CNN reported on Tuesday citing a White House official. (Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru' Edi...
Jul 26, 2022
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