Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. regulator moving to restore federal oil and gas leasing program – official
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. offshore regulator on Wednesday said efforts to resume a federal oil and gas leasing program are underway following a court decision reversing the Biden administration's sus...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. Justice Department says Missouri state gun law is unconstitutional
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's Justice Department is stepping up its fight against a new state law in Missouri that aims to invalidate many federal gun regulations, say...
Aug 18, 2021
Court rejects ‘shockingly low’ 4-year sentence for NY woman who aided Islamic State
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out what it called a "shockingly low" four-year prison term for a Brooklyn woman who admitted to supporting Isl...
Aug 18, 2021
CDC says vaccine protectiveness slipped amid Delta variant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New data confirms that vaccine protection against COVID-19 has decreased for the Delta variant of the virus, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochell...
Aug 18, 2021
Grace strengthens into hurricane near Cayman Islands, says U.S. NHC
(Reuters) - Storm Grace has strengthened into a hurricane just west of Grand Cayman island, and is expected to make landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula on Thursday morning, the U.S National Hurricane Ce...
Aug 18, 2021
Evacuations more important than U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal date -House panel chairman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Wednesday the U.S. military should stay in Afghanistan beyond the planned Aug. 31 withdrawal ...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. CDC to create new information center to forecast disease threats
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday it is creating a new disease forecasting center to improve the ability to use data to predict and gauge emerging healt...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. to start offering COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in September
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Wednesday it plans to make COVID-19 vaccine booster shots widely available to all Americans starting on Sept. 20 as infections rise from the D...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. plans to double number of asylum officers in Biden border overhaul
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration will unveil a major overhaul of the U.S. asylum system on Wednesday, including a plan to double staff, in an effort to speed p...
Aug 18, 2021
The show must go on: Broadway comes back with new investors, bold plans
By Jill Serjeant (Reuters) - Broadway may have seen the longest shutdown in its history but it has lined up new investors and made big plans for its grand reopening, determined to prove that there's n...
Aug 18, 2021
