Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Explainer – Who faces legal liability in ‘Rust’ shooting case?
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Lawsuits seeking to assign civil liability in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins would be most likely to name the "Rust" crew member who inspected the...
Oct 27, 2021
U.S. Democrats battle over paid family leave in Biden agenda
By David Morgan (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats struggled on Wednesday to keep paid family leave in President Joe Biden's emerging social and climate-change legislation, saying negotiations would co...
Oct 27, 2021
Head of New York City firefighters union says members ‘insulted’ by vaccine mandate
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of the New York City firefighters union said on Wednesday he had instructed unvaccinated members to keep working, even though they feel "insulted" by Mayor Bill de Blasio...
Oct 27, 2021
White House signals flexibility over Dec. 8 vaccine deadline for businesses
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients said on Wednesday the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccination deadline will not require immediat...
Oct 27, 2021
Explainer-Democratic ‘billionaires tax’ proposal likely to face legal challenges
By Luc Cohen (Reuters) - The proposal by U.S. Senate Democrats to tax billionaires https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-democrat-unveils-billionaires-tax-biden-agenda-2021-10-27' tradeable asset...
Oct 27, 2021
Starbucks to hike U.S. employee pay to attract workers during labor crunch
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - With U.S. restaurants nationwide struggling to find enough waiters and cashiers to serve customers, Starbucks Corp on Wednesday said it will give pay raises to work...
Oct 27, 2021
U.S. administers over 416 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 416,154,424 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 507,637,305 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Oct 27, 2021
Oklahoma must postpone executions set to resume on Thursday, court rules
(Reuters) - Oklahoma must postpone the executions of John Grant and Julius Jones while a legal challenge to the state's lethal injection protocol is adjudicated, a three-judge panel of the United Stat...
Oct 27, 2021
U.S. CDC panel to discuss COVID-19 shots for younger kids on Nov. 2
(Reuters) - An advisory panel of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet on Nov. 2 to discuss the use of COVID-19 vaccines in children aged between 5 and 11 years. Advisors to th...
Oct 27, 2021
Accused U.S. Capitol rioter made false medical claims in jail, prosecutors say
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors said on Wednesday that an accused participant in the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump made ...
Oct 27, 2021
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