Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Exclusive-U.S. Vice President Harris’ deputy chief of staff to depart
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's deputy chief of staff Michael Fuchs is leaving the administration, the latest top aide from her office to announce a departur...
Apr 04, 2022
U.S. FDA advisers to discuss additional COVID vaccine boosters
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's staff said on Monday that expert advisers would discuss the timing and populations for use of additional COVID-19 vaccine boosters doses in a meeting...
Apr 04, 2022
U.S. poor died at much higher rate from COVID than rich – report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans living in poorer counties died during the pandemic at almost twice the rate of those in rich counties, a study released Monday by the Poor People's Campaign showed. Th...
Apr 04, 2022
U.S. considers vaccines to protect poultry from deadly bird flu
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking into vaccines as an option to protect poultry against deadly bird flu, the agency's chief veterinary officer said as t...
Apr 04, 2022
Exclusive-Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after troubled app launch
By Helen Coster and Julia Love (Reuters) - The two Southern tech entrepreneurs had the two qualities that Donald Trump's Truth Social startup needed: tech-industry expertise and a politically conserva...
Apr 04, 2022
Parkland shooter Cruz faces penalty trial for killing 17 children
(Reuters) - Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Monday for the penalty phase of the trial for the man who shot and killed 17 students at a Parkland, Florida, high school in 2018. Nikolas Cruz pled...
Apr 04, 2022
West Virginia faces off against J&J, drugmakers at trial over opioid epidemic
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) - West Virginia is set to go to trial on Monday against Johnson & Johnson, Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd, and AbbVie Inc's Allergen over claims that the companies fu...
Apr 04, 2022
Jury to weigh fate of 4 men charged in Michigan governor kidnapping plot
(Reuters) - A jury will begin deliberations on Monday in the trial of four men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, in a case that pits domestic terrorism allegations ...
Apr 04, 2022
Biden’s Supreme Court pick Jackson faces U.S. Senate panel vote
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's U.S. Supreme Court nominee, faces another hurdle on Monday in her journey toward Senate confirma...
Apr 04, 2022
Biden to detail plans to tackle U.S. trucking challenges on Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will provide details on Monday of his administration's plans to step up the number of truck drivers by drawing in more women and veterans, as the White ...
Apr 04, 2022
