Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Analysis: Jabs for jobs – U.S. vaccine mandates offer bargaining chip for worker rights
By David Sherfinski WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - U.S. vaccine mandates are giving workers greater negotiating power, experts say, as the threat of strikes and collective action wins conce...
Dec 16, 2021
Elizabeth Holmes’ fraud trial over Theranos draws to close
By Jody Godoy SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) - Prosecutors are scheduled to begin their final arguments in the trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes on Thursday and will urge jurors to convict the bl...
Dec 16, 2021
737 MAX crash relatives ask court to rescind Boeing criminal prosecution immunity
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Families of victims of the two 737 MAX crashes on Thursday said the U.S. Justice Department violated their rights when it struck a deferred prosecution agreement with Boeing in ...
Dec 16, 2021
Factbox: COVID-19 and the U.S. courts – challenges to Biden vaccine rules
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Courts have recently blocked many of the Biden administration's rules and regulations aimed at increasing U.S. vaccination against COVID-19, which has killed more than 800,000 ...
Dec 16, 2021
U.S. FAA names new aviation safety chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it has tapped Billy Nolen to head the agency's aviation safety organization. Nolen, who has most recently been vice presiden...
Dec 16, 2021
New Mexico sheriff struggles in undertaker role as COVID deaths mount
By Shannon Stapleton FARMINGTON, N.M. (Reuters) - New Mexico sheriff Shane Ferrari is used to planning ahead to buy supplies like ammunition that have run short in the pandemic. In the past 12 months,...
Dec 16, 2021
U.S. records most hurricane-force gusts in a single day
(Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday registered the highest number of hurricane-force gusts on record in a single day, the National Weather Service (NWS) said, days after one of the deadliest to...
Dec 16, 2021
Analysis-The three data reports that persuaded Powell to speed up Fed’s taper
By Jonnelle Marte, Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir (Reuters) - The ink had barely dried on the Federal Reserve's November policy decision to begin reducing bond purchases when Chair Jerome Powell beca...
Dec 16, 2021
Explainer: Is it safe for Americans to travel for the holidays?
By Manas Mishra and Leroy Leo (Reuters) - The spread of the Omicron variant and a surge in COVID-19 cases have raised Americans' concern about traveling over the holidays. Health experts offered the f...
Dec 16, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense in sex abuse trial to begin its case
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell's defense is set to start making its case in the British socialite's sex abuse trial on Thursday, after the jury heard testimony from four women who...
Dec 16, 2021
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