Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Americans grapple with prolonged testing woes amid Omicron surge
By Brad Brooks and Maria Caspani (Reuters) - Long lines snake around entire city blocks as Americans scramble to get tested for COVID-19. At-home testing kits fly off the shelves at pharmacies and dru...
Jan 12, 2022
U.S. House panel seeks testimony from Republican leader McCarthy about Jan. 6 attack
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The U.S. congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol asked House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday to voluntarily answer questions about...
Jan 12, 2022
Labor talks begin Thursday on national U.S. refinery workers contract
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Negotiators for the United Steelworkers union and Marathon Petroleum Corp, which is representing oil refiners and chemical makers, are scheduled to begin talks on Thu...
Jan 12, 2022
U.S. posts smallest budget deficit in two years as employment rebounds
(Reuters) - The U.S. government posted a $21 billion budget deficit for December 2021, the smallest monthly gap in two years as individual income tax receipts surged with increased employment, the Tre...
Jan 12, 2022
U.S. Rep. Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend testifies in sex-trafficking probe -NBC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Representative Matt Gaetz's former girlfriend testified before a federal grand jury on Wednesday amid an ongoing probe into whether the lawmaker trafficked a minor fo...
Jan 12, 2022
AstraZeneca says U.S. to buy additional 500,000 Evusheld doses
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca said on Wednesday the U.S. government has agreed to purchase an additional 500,000 doses of its antibody cocktail Evusheld used to treat COVID-19. The company said the delivery...
Jan 12, 2022
U.S. EPA to review general aviation lead emissions risks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will announce on Wednesday it will again review whether emissions from piston-engine aircraft operating on leaded fuel contribute ...
Jan 12, 2022
U.S. states restricting voting rights would disappoint Martin Luther King, daughter says
By Temis Tormo (Reuters) - Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter says she believes the slain civil-rights leader would have been disappointed with efforts playing out in some parts of the United States to...
Jan 12, 2022
Biden to meet with Senate Democrats on voting rights Thursday -aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will attend a Senate Democratic lunch on Thursday to discuss the party's push to enact voting rights legislation and possible changes to Senate rules, a...
Jan 12, 2022
U.S. COVID hospitalizations up about 33%, deaths up about 40% over past week -CDC chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States are up by about 33% over the past week and deaths are up about 40%, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...
Jan 12, 2022
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