Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden heads to birthplace to tout infrastructure, spending packages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden heads to his birthplace of Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday to tout his social spending and infrastructure packages as fellow Democrats in Washingto...
Oct 20, 2021
Parkland school massacre victims reach $25 million settlement with district -media
(Reuters) - Families of the victims of the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, have reached a $25 million settlement with the Broward County school district, according to media reports. The agr...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. House committee backs contempt report on Trump aide Bannon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol voted unanimously on Tuesday in favor of contempt-of-Congress charges against Steve Bannon, a lon...
Oct 19, 2021
Ex-Giuliani associates’ donation prompted probe at pro-Trump group, official testifies
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A $325,000 donation by a company run by two former associates of Rudy Giuliani triggered an internal inquiry at a group supporting former President Donald Trump, a fo...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient
By Nancy Lapid NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient's immune system, a potentially major adv...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. Senate panel to hold new hearing on social media impact on young users
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will hold an Oct. 26 hearing with tech firms Snap's Snapchat, TikTok, and Alphabet's YouTube about their platforms' impact on young users, a p...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. House to vote on Bannon contempt resolution on Thursday – source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on Thursday on a contempt of Congress resolution for Steve Bannon, a long-time aide to former President Donald Trump, a source fa...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. FDA to recommend Pfizer, Moderna boosters for people 40 and older -CNN
New York (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to soon recommend that persons 40 and older receive a Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 booster shots, CNN reported on Tuesday. (Reporti...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court justice rejects challenge to Maine COVID-19 vaccine mandate
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on Tuesday turned away a religious challenge to a requirement that healthcare workers in Maine be vaccinated against...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. congressman charged with lying to FBI about campaign contributions
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. congressman who prosecutors say lied to FBI investigators about illegal contributions to his 2016 re-election campaign from foreign nationals was indicte...
Oct 19, 2021
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