Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Seven U.S. states with least shots make up half of COVID cases -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seven U.S. states with the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates account for half of the country's new cases and hospitalizations in the last week, the White House said on Thursday....
Aug 05, 2021
Judge orders U.S. to respond to CDC eviction ban challenge by Friday
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S judge early Thursday ordered the Biden administration to quickly respond to a legal challenge to a new eviction moratorium put in place by the Centers f...
Aug 05, 2021
U.S. senators gird for CBO analysis of $1 trillion infrastructure bill
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Thursday faces its biggest test of this week's U.S. Senate debate when the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Offi...
Aug 05, 2021
U.S. COVID-19 cases hit six-month high at over 100,000 – Reuters tally
By Roshan Abraham (Reuters) - The United States hit a six-month high for new COVID cases with over 100,000 infections reported on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the Delta variant ravages ...
Aug 05, 2021
Fast-moving wildfire burns homes, forces evacuations in Northern California
By Fred Greaves COLFAX, California (Reuters) - A wildfire that began on Wednesday afternoon rapidly spread in woods surrounding a populated area northeast of Sacramento in California, burning homes, f...
Aug 04, 2021
Landlord groups ask U.S. judge to toss out new COVID-19 eviction ban
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Landlord groups late Wednesday asked a U.S. judge in Washington to immediately lift a new eviction moratorium that was put in place Tuesday by the Centers for...
Aug 04, 2021
U.S. State Dept probing whereabouts of $5,800 bottle of whisky given to Pompeo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department is looking into the whereabouts of a $5,800 bottle of whisky given to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by the Japanese government, a U.S. governme...
Aug 04, 2021
Van carrying migrants overturns in Texas, 10 killed -reports
(Reuters) -Ten people were killed and 12 injured on Wednesday when a van carrying 25 migrants crashed in southern Texas, about 90 miles (150 km) from the United States-Mexico border, local media repor...
Aug 04, 2021
U.S. charges Florida resident in alleged money laundering, bribery scheme
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Florida resident has been charged in an alleged scheme to bribe Venezuelan officials to obtain $250 million in contracts and launder funds, U.S. authorities said on Wednesday....
Aug 04, 2021
COVID in Louisiana shows consequences of Delta variant, low vaccination rate
By Brad Brooks NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Low vaccination rates and the more infectious Delta variant are converging to create a new COVID-19 crisis for Louisiana as the United States and the world face ...
Aug 04, 2021
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