Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. FAA proposes requiring balloon pilots to hold medical certificates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it was proposing requiring commercial hot-air-balloon pilots to hold medical certificates after a balloon crash in 2016 that was...
Nov 02, 2021
U.S. CDC advisers to vote on COVID-19 vaccine in young children
By Michael Erman (Reuters) - The United States could begin administering Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5 to 11 as soon as Wednesday after a panel of outside experts votes on ...
Nov 02, 2021
COVID-19 still rages, but some U.S. states reject federal funds to help
By Andy Sullivan (Reuters) - As the resurgent COVID-19 pandemic burns through the rural U.S. state of Idaho, health officials say they don't have enough tests to track the disease's spread or sufficie...
Nov 02, 2021
From Boeing to Mercedes, a U.S. worker rebellion swells over vaccine mandates
By Tina Bellon and Eric M. Johnson AUSTIN/SEATTLE (Reuters) - In Wichita, Kansas, nearly half of the roughly 10,000 employees at aircraft companies Textron Inc and Spirit AeroSystems remain unvaccinat...
Nov 02, 2021
Opening arguments set for trial of U.S. teen charged in fatal protest shootings
By Nathan Layne KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - The prosecution and the defense will make opening arguments on Tuesday in the trial of a U.S. teenager charged with fatally shooting protesters in Wisconsin l...
Nov 02, 2021
Too-close-to-call Virginia governor’s race headlines U.S. elections
By Joseph Ax and Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Virginia voters will elect their next governor on Tuesday in an unexpectedly close race that carries national implications for both Republicans and Democr...
Nov 02, 2021
After George Floyd, Minneapolis voters weigh replacing police department
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Minneapolis voters may decide on Tuesday to scrap their police force for a reimagined department that takes a holistic approach to crime and its causes, 18 months after the ...
Nov 02, 2021
California farm town lurches from no water to polluted water
By Daniel Trotta TEVISTON, Calif. (Reuters) - The San Joaquin Valley farm town of Teviston has two wells. One went dry and the other is contaminated. The one functioning well failed just at the start ...
Nov 02, 2021
U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson in hospital with injury
(Reuters) - U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has been admitted to hospital for an injury suffered while attending a meeting at Howard University, officials of the historically Black college said...
Nov 02, 2021
U.S. unveils crackdown on methane, starting with oil and gas rules
By Valerie Volcovici and Nichola Groom (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Tuesday will unveil a plan to slash emissions of the greenhouse gas methane across the country, starting with oil and gas...
Nov 02, 2021
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