Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Exclusive-U.S. NIH research hospital delays elective surgeries as Omicron wave hits
By Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new wave of COVID-19 infections driven by the Omicron variant is forcing the U.S. National Institutes of Health to postpone elective surgeries at the largest ...
Dec 29, 2021
Biden asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear ‘Remain in Mexico’ case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court whether it needed to continue to implement a Trump-era policy that forced tens of thousands of migrants to wai...
Dec 29, 2021
Explainer-What happens after Ghislaine Maxwell’s guilty verdict?
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell on Wednesday was convicted of recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual encounters with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein ...
Dec 29, 2021
Reactions to Ghislaine Maxwell guilty verdict
(Reuters) - Lawyers reacted to the news British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty by a U.S. jury on Wednesday of helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. U.S...
Dec 29, 2021
Ten key moments from Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury on Wednesday convicted British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of recruiting and grooming four teenagers for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. ...
Dec 29, 2021
Biden inks $137 million contract to boost supply of key material for COVID tests -source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration plans to announce on Wednesday a $137 million contract for Millipore Sigma, a unit of Germany's Merck KGaA, to boost production capacity of a highly con...
Dec 29, 2021
Purdue bankruptcy judge extends temporary litigation shield for Sacklers
By Maria Chutchian (Reuters) - A bankruptcy judge has extended temporary protections against opioid-related litigation for the Sackler family members who own Purdue Pharma until Feb. 1 after another j...
Dec 29, 2021
Analysis: No tests, no problem? Experts question new U.S. CDC policy on COVID isolation period
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - New U.S. rules that halve the isolation period for asymptomatic COVID-19 infections lack safeguards that could result in even more infections as the nation fac...
Dec 29, 2021
Despite surge in Covid cases, deaths and hospitalizations low – Walensky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite a surge in coronavirus cases amid the spread of the highly infectious omicron variant, deaths and hospitalizations are comparatively low, Rochelle Walensky, director of ...
Dec 29, 2021
U.S. SEC charges Medallion Financial Corp over alleged fraud
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday charged Medallion Financial Corp and President and Chief Operating Officer Andrew Murstein with allegedly engaging in fr...
Dec 29, 2021
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