Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Republican Senator Thune announces 2022 re-election bid
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Senator John Thune announced on Saturday that he planned to seek re-election in 2022, boosting chances this his party would retain the South Da...
Jan 08, 2022
Manchin’s $1.8 trillion spending offer no longer on table -Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin's $1.8 trillion spending offer he proposed to the White House in late 2021 appears to be no longer on the table following a breakdown between the Democr...
Jan 08, 2022
Tesla raises Full Self Driving software price to $12,000 in U.S., Musk says
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that the electric carmaker will raise the U.S. price of its advanced driver assistant software dubbed "Full Self Driving" to $...
Jan 07, 2022
U.S. FAA details 50 airports that will have 5G buffer zones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday disclosed a list of 50 U.S. airports that will have buffer zones when wireless carriers turn on new 5G C-band service on...
Jan 07, 2022
Pentagon awards contract to Revival Health for COVID test kits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department said it awarded on Friday a contract to Revival Health Inc for 13.3 million COVID-19 at-home test kits as part of President Joe Biden's plan to make ...
Jan 07, 2022
Pentagon awards $52 million contract for COVID-19 test kits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department said on Friday it has awarded a $51.6 million contract to Goldbelt Security LLC to purchase COVID-19 antigen over-the-counter test kits, part of Pres...
Jan 07, 2022
Leon Black’s rape accuser seeks to dismiss billionaire’s lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former model accusing Leon Black of rape asked a U.S. judge on Friday to dismiss the billionaire investor's defamation and racketeering conspiracy lawsuit ag...
Jan 07, 2022
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine protects children against rare COVID-19 complication – CDC
(Reuters) - Two doses of the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are highly protective against a rare but often serious condition in children that causes organ inflammation weeks after COVID-19 i...
Jan 07, 2022
American Airlines: 96% of employees vaccinated, seeking accomodation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American Airlines said Friday that more than 96% of its employees have submitted proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a request for an accommodation from the requirements. In Novemb...
Jan 07, 2022
Factbox-When and how will Americans get free COVID-19 tests promised by Biden?
(Reuters) - The U.S. government has signed the first contract involving 500 million rapid COVID-19 tests that President Joe Biden promised in December would be free to Americans who request them, an o...
Jan 07, 2022
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