Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Justice Department forming unit to counter domestic terrorism
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration is creating a new unit in the Justice Department to address domestic terrorism following last year's deadly U.S. Capitol a...
Jan 11, 2022
California court rejects Motiva insurance claim stemming from 2017 refinery fire
(Reuters) - A California state appeals court on Monday denied Motiva Enterprises' request for insurance coverage for a settlement with workers injured in a 2017 fire at its 607,000-barrel-per-day Port...
Jan 11, 2022
Chicago schools to reopen after teachers agree to end COVID-19 walkout
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Public School teachers returned to their schools on Tuesday after reaching an agreement on COVID-19 safeguards with the district, ending a walkout that c...
Jan 11, 2022
United Airlines CEO says about 3,000 employees test positive for COVID-19
(Reuters) - United Airlines Holdings Inc's Chief Executive Scott Kirby said on Tuesday that the company had about 3,000 employees who have currently tested positive for COVID-19. In a note sent to emp...
Jan 11, 2022
U.S. buys 600,000 more doses of GSK-Vir’s antibody COVID-19 treatment
(Reuters) - British drugmaker GSK and U.S. partner Vir Biotechnology said on Tuesday the United States had agreed to buy 600,000 more doses of their antibody-based COVID-19 treatment, sotrovimab, for ...
Jan 11, 2022
Future of Biogen’s Aduhelm hinges on U.S. Medicare Alzheimer’s coverage
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - The future of Aduhelm, Biogen Inc's controversial and expensive Alzheimer's drug, may hinge on a decision due this week from the U.S. Medicare program on whether it will p...
Jan 11, 2022
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Alaska – USGS
(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck about 71 km (44 miles) east-southeast of Nikolski, Alaska early on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The magnitude of the earthqua...
Jan 11, 2022
Exclusive-Smart guns finally arriving in U.S., seeking to shake up firearms market
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Personalized smart guns, which can be fired only by verified users, may finally become available to U.S. consumers after two decades of questions about reliability and con...
Jan 11, 2022
Explainer-U.S. Senate Democrats mull ending filibuster to pass voting rights reform
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats' razor-thin majority in the U.S. Senate has led to them making new calls to change the chamber's longstanding "filibuster" supermajority rule to allow...
Jan 11, 2022
Biden to champion voting rights in Georgia as clock ticks for reforms
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will travel to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthplace of Atlanta on Tuesday to jumpstart stalled efforts to reform U.S. voting rights a...
Jan 11, 2022
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