Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
United Airlines to let unvaccinated employees return to jobs March 28 — memo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Airlines will allow unvaccinated employees to return to their jobs starting March 28. The Chicago-based U.S. carrier said in a memo about 2,200 employees had received a v...
Mar 10, 2022
D.C. board rules that officer who committed suicide after Jan. 6 died in line of duty
(Reuters) - A District of Columbia retirement board has ruled that a police officer died in the line of duty when he took his own life due to injuries he suffered during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the ...
Mar 10, 2022
U.S. funds projects on tackling waste from advanced nuclear plants
By Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Department on Thursday announced $36 million for projects addressing toxic waste expected to come from a new generation ...
Mar 10, 2022
La Nina conditions to prevail through summer, says U.S. weather forecaster
(Reuters) - There is a 53% chance of La Nina conditions during June-August 2022 continuing during the Northern Hemisphere summer, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. The La Nina wea...
Mar 10, 2022
U.S. farmers improving climate-friendly practices, but ‘more work to do’ – report
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Farmers in the United States have adopted conservation strategies that have led to gains for climate-friendly agriculture in recent years, but the Department of ...
Mar 10, 2022
Conservative U.S. judicial regions less apt to grant inmates compassionate release -commission report
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Requests by federal prisoners for compassionate release soared following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but approvals were granted far less often in conse...
Mar 10, 2022
Analysis-Big Oil, Biden administration spar over blame for pain at the pump
By Valerie Volcovici and Nichola Groom (Reuters) - The U.S. oil industry and President Joe Biden's administration are clashing over who is to blame for tight energy supplies that have driven up U.S. p...
Mar 10, 2022
Opioid victims to confront Purdue Pharma’s Sacklers in U.S. court
By Tom Hals and Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) - Victims of America's opioid addiction epidemic will confront in court on Thursday the Sackler family members who own OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, in an at...
Mar 10, 2022
Analysis-An oil shock is coming, but the U.S. may have already paid for it
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The gusher of money the U.S. government poured into family bank accounts during the coronavirus pandemic, credited with speeding the rebound from the health ...
Mar 10, 2022
Black Panther director Coogler mistaken for bank robber
(Reuters) - "Black Panther" director Ryan Coogler was briefly detained by police in Atlanta in January after he was mistaken for a bank robber, video footage released by Atlanta police on Wednesday sh...
Mar 10, 2022
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