Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. grand jury accuses Amplify Energy of negligence in oil spill
(Reuters) - A federal grand jury has accused Amplify Energy Corp and two of its subsidiaries with illegally discharging oil during a pipeline break in California in early October by acting negligently...
Dec 15, 2021
United Airlines CEO defends vaccine mandate at Senate hearing
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Airlines Chief Executive Scott Kirby on Wednesday defended a decision to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for workers amid criticism from some Republican sen...
Dec 15, 2021
‘Dust Bowl’ winds hit tornado-devastated western United States
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Less than a week after a swarm of powerful tornadoes devastated Kentucky and four other states, a freakish wind storm brought "Dust Bowl" conditions and gusts of more than 10...
Dec 15, 2021
U.S. CDC advisers to weigh limits on J&J vaccine due to blood clot issues – Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet on Thursday to consider possible limits on the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine because of...
Dec 15, 2021
U.S. builds new software tool to predict actions that could draw China’s ire
By Mike Stone HONOLULU, Hawaii (Reuters) - U.S. military commanders in the Pacific have built a software tool to predict how the Chinese government will react to U.S. actions in the region like milita...
Dec 15, 2021
U.S. sends final poverty-busting monthly Child Tax Credit payment
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department said it distributed more than $16 billion in expanded Child Tax Credit payments on Wednesday in the final month of a COVID-19 pilot ...
Dec 15, 2021
Biden nominates JFK’s daughter Caroline Kennedy to be ambassador to Australia
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated Caroline Kennedy to be U.S. ambassador to Australia and Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan as ambassador to Belize, the White H...
Dec 15, 2021
Biden taps two for U.S. CFTC -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Biden on Wednesday nominated Summer Mersinger and Caroline Pham to be members of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the White House said. Mersinger has ser...
Dec 15, 2021
Metropolitan Opera to require booster shots for audiences as COVID concerns grow
(Reuters) - The Metropolitan Opera in New York said on Wednesday it will require audiences and staff to show proof of a COVID booster shot starting in January amid growing concern over the Omicron var...
Dec 15, 2021
U.S. universities move final exams online as COVID-19 spreads anew
By Brendan O'Brien, Lisa Shumaker and Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) - A growing number of U.S. colleges and universities were moving final exams online and cancelling non-essential gatherings as the rapi...
Dec 15, 2021
