Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
UN building on lockdown, man with gun outside
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.N. headquarters buiding in Manhattan was on lockdown on Wednesday as New York City police officers responded to a situation outside the entrance to the compound, a spokesperson...
Dec 02, 2021
Factbox-U.S. Omicron plan: boosters, free at-home tests, tighter travel rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is seeking to ramp up its pandemic response amid the official arrival of the Omicron coronavirus variant, laying out a plan on Thursday to make at-home ...
Dec 02, 2021
Panel probing U.S. Capitol riot plans ‘multiple weeks’ of hearings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives panel investigating the deadly Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot plans to hold "multiple weeks" of public hearings next year, its vice chairwoman, Republican...
Dec 02, 2021
Omicron COVID-19 variant case identified in Minnesota
(Reuters) - A case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant was identified in Minnesota on Thursday, the U.S. state's health department said. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh and Susan Heavey)
Dec 02, 2021
Two Georgia election workers sue far-right website over false fraud allegations
By Peter Eisler (Reuters) - Two Georgia election workers targeted by former U.S. President Donald Trump in a vote-rigging conspiracy theory have sued a far-right website that trumpeted the false story...
Dec 02, 2021
U.S. to restart Trump-era border program forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico
By Dave Graham and Ted Hesson (Reuters) - The Biden administration will restart a controversial Trump-era border program that forces asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for U.S. immigration hearings, in ...
Dec 02, 2021
As shutdown looms, U.S. lawmakers agree on funding government through Feb. 18
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the U.S. Congress have reached agreement to fund federal agencies until Feb. 18, House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro said on Thursday, as they sc...
Dec 02, 2021
White House asks government to buy more from small disadvantaged businesses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday unveiled plans to ask federal agencies to direct at least 11% of contract dollars spent to disadvantaged small businesses next year, up from an avera...
Dec 02, 2021
Factbox-COVID-19 and the U.S. courts: challenges to Biden vaccine rules
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Courts have recently blocked some of the Biden administration's rules and regulations aimed at increasing U.S. vaccination against COVID-19, which has killed more than 750,000 ...
Dec 02, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell sex abuse trial enters fourth day after first accuser testifies
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell's sex abuse trial was set to enter its fourth day on Thursday, following emotional testimony from a woman who accused the British socialite of setti...
Dec 02, 2021
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