Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Explainer: Democratic Senator Manchin upends Biden’s hope to reshape economy
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Democratic Senator Joe Manchin has leveraged his party's slim majority in Congress to reshape President Joe Biden's spending bill, slashing its initial price tag of $3.5...
Oct 27, 2021
Gunman in Idaho shopping mall shooting spree dies of injuries
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - A man who opened fire with a handgun at a shopping mall in Boise, Idaho, killing two people and injuring several others, including a police officer, died on Tuesday from wo...
Oct 26, 2021
Al Gore launches climate change asset manager
(Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and financier David Blood have set up a new asset manager to address global net-zero carbon emissions as countries come under increasing pressure to slow...
Oct 26, 2021
Louisiana governor lifts indoor mask mandate except for K-12 schools
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said on Tuesday that the state was ending its indoor mask mandate, except for K-12 schools, because of the decline in the growth of ne...
Oct 26, 2021
Airlines brace for early ‘long lines’ when U.S. lifts travel restrictions
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Chief Executive Ed Bastian said on Tuesday that travelers should be prepared for initial long lines when the United States lifts internationa...
Oct 26, 2021
Factbox – Mort Sahl’s satirical observations
(Reuters) - Mort Sahl pulled on a V-neck sweater and carried a newspaper when he took to the stage to shape political satire. His highly improvised act had an influence on several generations of comed...
Oct 26, 2021
U.S. comedian Mort Sahl dead at age 94 – New York Times
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. comedian Mort Sahl, widely considered the father of modern political satire, has died at the age of 94, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The newspaper quoted a frie...
Oct 26, 2021
Criminal charges not ruled out in shooting on Alec Baldwin film – report
(Reuters) - Criminal charges have not been ruled out in a fatal accidental shooting by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of a western film, the local district attorney said on Tuesday. Santa Fe County Dis...
Oct 26, 2021
U.S. administers over 415 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 415,012,026 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Tuesday morning and distributed 504,584,715 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and P...
Oct 26, 2021
Details emerge on corporate minimum tax plan from U.S. Senate Democrats -CNBC
(Reuters) - Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday unveiled details of a plan to enact a 15% minimum corporate tax that is expected to apply to about 200 corporations, CNBC reported. It said the plan was...
Oct 26, 2021
