Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Senator Romney announces deal on $10 billion in COVID funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An agreement to provide $10 billion in U.S. funding for COVID aid has been reached in the Senate, Republican Senator Mitt Romney said in a statement on Monday. Senate Majority L...
Apr 04, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson headed to U.S. Senate confirmation to Supreme Court this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday said he will schedule a final vote later this week on President Joe Biden's nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be a Supre...
Apr 04, 2022
White House says congressional deal on COVID aid won’t meet all “dire” needs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday said it welcomed progress on an emerging deal in Congress for additional COVID aid but said it would not meet all the "dire" needs that a higher a...
Apr 04, 2022
Arrest made in weekend California shooting that left six dead, 12 wounded -police
(Reuters) - The Sacramento Police Department said on Twitter on Monday that it made an arrest in a weekend shooting that left six dead and 12 wounded. (Reporting by Brendan O'Brien; Editing by Chris R...
Apr 04, 2022
Omicron sub-variant BA.2 makes up 72% of COVID variants in U.S. – CDC
(Reuters) - The BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron was estimated to account for 72.2% of the coronavirus variants in the United States as of April 2, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Apr 04, 2022
U.S. concerned by reports that American Trevor Reed’s health is deteriorating
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is concerned by reports the health of Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine jailed in Russia, is deteriorating, the State Department said on Monday, calling on Rus...
Apr 04, 2022
Gilead’s remdesivir fails to show benefit in European trial; no fetus risk seen with first trimester vaccination
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified...
Apr 04, 2022
New York set to ban natural gas in new buildings -environmental groups
(Reuters) - New York Governor Kathy Hochul will soon release a budget that likely will include a plan to make New York the first state to ban natural gas and other fossil fuels in new construction, ac...
Apr 04, 2022
Lawmakers to back $10 billion in U.S. COVID funds -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiators in Congress are poised to announce an agreement for $10 billion in more COVID-19 funding to address U.S. needs but have dropped international aid from the package, t...
Apr 04, 2022
Land & Buildings to vote against re-election of some American Homes 4 Rent board members
(Reuters) - Activist investor Land & Buildings raised concerns about American Homes 4 Rent's failure to adopt major eco-friendly policies and said it was planning to vote against the re-election of th...
Apr 04, 2022
