Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
‘I’ve got towns that are gone,’ Kentucky Governor Beshear says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said on Sunday that widespread damage is making rescue efforts a challenge in his state after tornadoes swept through the region two days ago. "I'...
Dec 12, 2021
U.S. COVID-19 deaths approach 800,000 as Delta ravaged in 2021
By Roshan Abraham and Aparupa Mazumder (Reuters) - The United States on Sunday was approaching 800,000 coronavirus-related deaths, as the nation braces for a potential surge in infections due to more ...
Dec 12, 2021
Devastated Kentucky tornado survivors pick through debris, shelter with relatives
By Cheney Orr and Gabriella Borter MAYFIELD, Ky. (Reuters) - Kentucky residents, many without power, gas or even a roof over their heads, woke on Sunday to a landscape scarred by a string of powerful ...
Dec 12, 2021
California governor pushes for gun laws modeled on Texas abortion ban
(Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom said he plans to use a controversial U.S. Supreme Court ruling on strict abortion curbs in Texas to design a law that would allow private citizens to sue s...
Dec 12, 2021
Former Trump adviser Navarro refuses subpoena in U.S. House coronavirus probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has refused to comply with a subpoena for documents related to the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus, saying the ...
Dec 11, 2021
Biden approves Kentucky emergency declaration for tornado disaster
By Andrea Shalal WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday approved an emergency declaration for Kentucky after the state was battered by a swarm of tornadoes that killed at le...
Dec 11, 2021
In an instant, a Kentucky factory destroyed, dozens of employees missing
By Cheney Orr MAYFIELD, Ky. (Reuters) - On the day before Thanksgiving, Mayfield Consumer Products in western Kentucky posted photos online showing smiling employees lining up at a buffet table ready ...
Dec 11, 2021
Factbox-Five of the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history
(Reuters) - A swarm of tornadoes that ripped across at least six U.S. states has killed more than 70 people in Kentucky and destroyed homes and businesses, officials said. The devastation was the late...
Dec 11, 2021
Biden directs immediate surge of federal resources to tornado-hit areas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday directed that federal resources be surged to locations with the greatest need after a series of tornadoes and severe weather ripped through ...
Dec 11, 2021
Fifty people ‘likely’ killed in tornadoes – Kentucky governor
(Reuters) - Some 50 people are likely to have been killed in a devastating outbreak of tornadoes that ripped through Kentucky and other U.S. states late Friday and early Saturday, the Washington Post ...
Dec 11, 2021
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