Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
AmEx U.S. employees returning to office need to be fully vaccinated – memo
(Reuters) - American Express Co on Monday said its U.S. employees working from office need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 from Nov. 18, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. The memo...
Nov 15, 2021
Five teens in hospital after shooting near high school in Colorado – police
DENVER (Reuters) - A shooting on Monday near a high school in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colorado, sent five teenagers to the hospital, the city police department said on Twitter. An unknown suspect...
Nov 15, 2021
U.S. Republicans move to decriminalize marijuana at federal level
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Monday that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and eliminate legal hazards facing many...
Nov 15, 2021
Pentagon says it continues to see unusual Russian military activity near Ukraine border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense said on Monday that it continued to see unusual military activity and a concentration of Russian forces near its border with Ukraine. Pentagon spo...
Nov 15, 2021
Iranian helicopter came close to U.S. warship- Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Iranian navy helicopter came close to a U.S. Navy warship in the Gulf of Oman and circled it three times in an incident that ended without an impact on U.S. operations, the P...
Nov 15, 2021
U.S. CDC raises COVID-19 travel warnings for Czech Republic, Hungary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised against travel to the Czech Republic, Hungary and Iceland because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases in those...
Nov 15, 2021
New Orleans Archdiocese to pay more than $1 million to resolve fraud allegations -U.S. Justice Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans has agreed to pay more than $1 million to resolve allegations it submitted false damage claims to the U.S. government for payment a...
Nov 15, 2021
U.S. administers 442 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States had administered 442,005,260 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Monday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Those figures are u...
Nov 15, 2021
As energy prices soar, supply chain snags threaten U.S. oil output gains
By Liz Hampton DENVER (Reuters) - U.S. oil producers are struggling to find enough crews, vehicles and equipment to take advantage of rising global demand and a seven-year high in crude prices, say ex...
Nov 15, 2021
Hollywood off-screen workers approve new contract with TV and film producers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Members of a union that represents about 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers in film and television have approved a new contract with producers, the IATSE union said on Monday. (R...
Nov 15, 2021
