Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. weekly jobless claims drop to 52-year low; Q3 growth revised slightly up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level since 1969 last week, pointing to sustained strength in the economy as a year mark...
Nov 24, 2021
Children at lower risk from COVID, vaccines should go to poor – WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - As children and adolescents are at lower risk of severe COVID-19 disease, countries should prioritise sharing vaccine doses with the COVAX programme to bring urgently needed supplie...
Nov 24, 2021
Biden to nominate Coloretti as deputy head of White House budget office – CNN
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will nominate Nani Coloretti to be deputy director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, A CNN reporter said in a tweet on Wednesday. (Reporting by B...
Nov 24, 2021
Thanksgiving travel rush tests U.S. carriers
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) - Flights and airports across the United States are expected to be packed on Wednesday as millions of Americans fly to visit their families for Thanksgiving hol...
Nov 24, 2021
Georgia jury to resume deliberations in Arbery murder trial
By Rich McKay BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - A Georgia jury is expected to deliberate for a second day Wednesday on murder and other charges against three white men who chased and shot Ahmaud Arbery, a Bl...
Nov 24, 2021
Pentagon to form new group to investigate UFOs
(Reuters) - The United States Department of Defense late on Tuesday said it will establish a new group to investigate reports on the presence of UFOs in restricted airspace. The formation of the group...
Nov 24, 2021
Biden to nominate Shalanda Young to lead White House budget office -source
By Jeff Mason (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will nominate Shalanda Young to be director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), a source familiar with the decision said on Tues...
Nov 23, 2021
U.S. Democrats ask Yellen to back $2 trillion IMF emergency funds for pandemic abroad
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four groups of influential Democratic lawmakers urged U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday to back the issuance of $2 trillion in additional emergenc...
Nov 23, 2021
Bidens serve up meal kits with turkey, fixings before Thanksgiving holiday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, served up turkey and sweet potatoes on Tuesday at the D.C. Central Kitchen, an organization that makes fresh food for schools and homeles...
Nov 23, 2021
U.S. Senator Warren lashes out at energy companies over natural gas prices
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday called on energy companies to explain "their decisions to export record amounts of natural gas while imposing massive price incre...
Nov 23, 2021
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