Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden’s sweeping infrastructure, social spending bills finally get a vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives were poised on Friday to adopt the centerpiece of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda: a $1.75 trillion social policy and climat...
Nov 05, 2021
Kroger says press release announcing acceptance of bitcoin cash is fake
(Reuters) -A spokesperson for Kroger Co said on Friday a press release saying the grocer would accept "bitcoin cash" this holiday season is fraudulent. The release appeared on Kroger's investor relati...
Nov 05, 2021
Pfizer says antiviral pill cuts risk of severe COVID-19 by 89%
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -A trial of Pfizer Inc's experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults...
Nov 05, 2021
Murder or self-defense? Jury to begin hearing case in killing of Ahmaud Arbery
By Rich McKay and Jonathan Allen BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - In a trial that will scrutinize citizen's arrest laws, an almost all-white Georgia jury will hear opening arguments on Friday in the case of...
Nov 05, 2021
Republican governors lead attack on Biden vaccine mandate
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Republican governors are expected to sue on Friday to stop the Biden administration's requirement that nearly 2 million U.S. employers get workers tested or vaccinated for COVI...
Nov 05, 2021
U.S. Secretary of State says Ethiopia conflict must end and peace negotiations start
NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday the fighting in Ethiopia had to end and peace negotiations should start immediately without any preconditions. "The conflict i...
Nov 05, 2021
Subsiding Delta wave seen boosting U.S. job growth; worker shortages still a constraint
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth likely accelerated in October as the headwind from the surge in COVID-19 infections over the summer subsided, offering more evidence that econo...
Nov 04, 2021
Former USC athletic official to plead guilty in U.S. college admissions scandal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former senior associate athletic director at the University of Southern California has agreed to plead guilty to participating in a vast fraud and bribery scheme t...
Nov 04, 2021
Oregon nurses union sets November 15 strike deadline against Kaiser Permanente
By Justin Yau PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Union leaders for 3,400 nurses and other medical staff at Kaiser Permanente in Oregon set a Nov. 15 strike deadline on Thursday, threatening a walkout they sai...
Nov 04, 2021
Aaron Feuerstein dies at 95, paid idled workers after fire
BOSTON (Reuters) - Former Boston-area mill owner Aaron Feuerstein, who gained fame for paying workers idled after a fire in 1995, has died at the age of 95, his son Daniel Feuerstein said on Thursday....
Nov 04, 2021
