Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. administers over 398 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 398,675,414 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 480,427,985 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Oct 06, 2021
U.S. Senate Democrats to steer toward temporary debt limit increase
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday said Republican Leader Mitch McConnell lost his battle to push a debt ceiling increase through the "reconciliation" process, and they now will...
Oct 06, 2021
Otis the bear crowned chunk champion in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - One of the ursine elders of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska is now a four-time champion of chunk. Otis, a brown bear estimated to be 24 to 26 ...
Oct 06, 2021
U.S. CDC’s Walensky says COVID-19 death 7-day average remains constant at 1,400 per day
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on Wednesday that the average number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations over the...
Oct 06, 2021
U.S. to invest another $1 billion in rapid COVID-19 tests
(Reuters) -The U.S. government is committing to purchase an additional 180 million rapid COVID-19 tests for $1 billion, adding to the $2 billion test buying plan it announced in September, a top U.S. ...
Oct 06, 2021
U.S. Senate to delay vote on suspending debt ceiling -senators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will postpone a vote planned for Wednesday afternoon to suspend the federal government's $28.4 trillion debt ceiling, four Republican senators and a Democratic a...
Oct 06, 2021
Amazon sued by warehouse workers over COVID-19 screening pay
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has been accused of violating Colorado state law by failing to pay warehouse workers for time spent undergoing COVID-19 screenings before clocking in at w...
Oct 06, 2021
U.S. Justice antitrust nominee says eager to tackle more than just Big Tech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jonathan Kanter, the third of three progressives named to top U.S. antitrust posts by President Joe Biden, pledged on Wednesday to enforce antitrust law in agriculture, pharmace...
Oct 06, 2021
Factbox-Key figures and fallout in U.S. college admissions scandal
BOSTON (Reuters) - The first trial in the "Operation Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal is headed to a jury this week https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/final-arguments-expected-1st-us-co...
Oct 06, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court justices ask why a Guantanamo detainee cannot testify
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday questioned why the U.S. government will not allow a suspected high-ranking al Qaeda figure held at the American naval...
Oct 06, 2021
