Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
New York’s largest healthcare provider fires 1,400 unvaccinated workers
(Reuters) - New York State's largest healthcare provider, Northwell Health, has fired 1,400 employees who refused to get COVID-19 vaccinations, according to a spokesman, Joe Kemp. As with other health...
Oct 04, 2021
Factbox-How could U.S. Senate Democrats raise the debt limit on their own?
(Reuters) - The U.S. Congress has about two weeks to raise the federal government's $28.4 trillion debt ceiling or cause a historic default that would take a heavy toll on the economy. The parties are...
Oct 04, 2021
Florida man pleads guilty to assaulting police at U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Florida man who assaulted police officers with a wooden plank and a fire extinguisher at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty to assault charges on Mond...
Oct 04, 2021
Judge says Trump can be deposed in former ‘Apprentice’ contestant’s lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state judge on Monday gave former U.S. President Donald Trump a Dec. 23 deadline to undergo questioning in a defamation lawsuit filed by a former co...
Oct 04, 2021
U.S. CDC advises against travel to Austria, Barbados over COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday warned against travel to Armenia, Austria, Barbados, Croatia and Latvia because of COVID-19 concerns. The CDC...
Oct 04, 2021
White House: Biden to hold meeting with progressives, discuss smaller bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will hold a virtual meeting with left-leaning progressive lawmakers from the House of Representatives on Monday afternoon to discuss a social spending bill, ...
Oct 04, 2021
Henrietta Lacks’ estate says pharma company profited from stolen cells
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - The estate of a Black woman whose cervical cells were taken from her decades ago without her permission sued a pharmaceutical company on Monday, saying it made a "conscio...
Oct 04, 2021
New U.S. legislation seeks to expand protections for election workers
By Linda So WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. senator introduced legislation on Monday to broaden protections for election workers, their family members and physical polling locations in response to a Reu...
Oct 04, 2021
State Department says U.S. is reviewing findings from Pandora Papers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is reviewing findings of leaked financial documents known as the Pandora Papers, but is not in a position to comment on specifics, State Department spokesman N...
Oct 04, 2021
Hollywood off screen union members authorize strike if talks fail
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Members of the union representing camera operators, make-up artists and other behind-the-scenes workers on Hollywood films and television shows have voted resou...
Oct 04, 2021
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