Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Toddler with COVID-19 home from the hospital
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - Adrian James, an Illinois toddler who just days ago was attached to a ventilator at a hospital as he fought a severe case of COVID-19, is home, his mother said Tuesday....
Oct 12, 2021
U.S. administers 403.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 403,576,826 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Tuesday morning and distributed 488,178,975 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and P...
Oct 12, 2021
Former Wake Forest coach’s U.S. college scandal charges could be dropped in deal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former women's volleyball coach at Wake Forest University accused of participating in a vast U.S. college admissions fraud and bribery scheme has struck a deal wit...
Oct 12, 2021
Rebuffing Texas governor, American Airlines, Southwest stand by vaccine mandate
By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Sanjana Shivdas CHICAGO (Reuters) - Rebuffing the Texas governor, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines said on Tuesday they would comply with U.S. President Joe Biden's e...
Oct 12, 2021
More than 100 U.S. lawmakers urge Pelosi to back union EV tax credit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 100 U.S. House lawmakers on Tuesday urged Speaker Nancy Pelosi to keep a $4,500 tax credit incentive for union-built electric vehicles (EV) in a massive spending bill....
Oct 12, 2021
New York must allow religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandate, judge rules
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday ruled that New York state cannot impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on healthcare workers without allowing for religious exemption requests. The decision...
Oct 12, 2021
Wyoming coroner says Gabby Petito’s death was caused by strangulation
(Reuters) - Gabby Petito, the young woman who vanished on a road trip with her boyfriend and later turned up dead in Wyoming, was killed by strangulation, a local coroner said on Tuesday. Teton County...
Oct 12, 2021
White House says Texas order barring vaccine mandates out of step with business community
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday that Texas Governor Greg Abbott's executive order barring employers and others from imposing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate is ...
Oct 12, 2021
U.S. Senator Sanders says overdue for Senators Manchin, Sinema to say what they want in social policy bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said Tuesday the time is long overdue for moderate Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to tell the rest of the party what they want in...
Oct 12, 2021
U.S. names veteran diplomat to take over Afghan relocation effort
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Tuesday appointed veteran diplomat A. Elizabeth Jones as a new coordinator for efforts to relocate Afghans who have fled or want to flee their count...
Oct 12, 2021
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