Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak suspends vaccine mandate for employees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak said on Tuesday it will temporarily suspend a vaccine mandate for employees and now no longer expects to be forced to cut some service in January....
Dec 14, 2021
U.S. government likely to request more COVID-19 testing funds
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration is likely to request additional funds from Congress for COVID-19 testing, depending on the severity of the Omicron varia...
Dec 14, 2021
Coroner: Ex-NFL player who killed six had severe CTE
A coroner on Tuesday said that an ex-NFL player who killed six people and himself earlier this year in South Carolina showed "unusually severe" chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Dr. Ann McKee, d...
Dec 14, 2021
U.S. EEOC says mild COVID not covered by disability bias law
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The U.S. agency that enforces laws banning employers from discriminating based on medical conditions said on Tuesday that mild COVID-19 cases will typically not trigger ...
Dec 14, 2021
D.C. attorney general sues Proud Boys, Oath Keepers over Jan 6 attack on Capitol
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine on Tuesday announced a civil lawsuit against extremist groups the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over the deadly J...
Dec 14, 2021
Kentucky tornado killed dozen children, including two-month-old
By Cheney Orr MAYFIELD, Ky. (Reuters) - The barrage of tornadoes that tore through Kentucky and surrounding states killed a dozen children, including a 2-month-old infant, Governor Andy Beshear said o...
Dec 14, 2021
BlackRock adds diversity target for U.S. boardrooms
By Ross Kerber and Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) - Top asset manager BlackRock Inc on Tuesday said it wants U.S. companies to aim for a board that is 30% diverse and, for the first time, contain at least...
Dec 14, 2021
U.S. House to vote on contempt charge against ex-Trump chief of staff Meadows
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on Tuesday on whether to seek criminal contempt of Congress charges against Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's ch...
Dec 14, 2021
U.S. FDIC chair McWilliams says vote initiated by majority Democratic members ‘out of order’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chair of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Tuesday refused to advance a vote by the majority Democratic members of the board to request public consultation o...
Dec 14, 2021
U.S. appeals court declines to block United Airlines vaccine mandate
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A divided U.S. appeals court has rebuffed a request by six employees to block United Airlines from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for workers that impo...
Dec 14, 2021
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