Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Cleanup ongoing at Lyondell La Porte plant after leak kills two, injures 30
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) - Cleanup was ongoing on Wednesday morning after a chemical leak killed two workers and injured 30 others at a LyondellBasell Industries plant in La Porte, Texas, the company ...
Jul 28, 2021
Congressional Republicans lash out against new COVID-19 mask guidance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress lashed out at health officials' recommendations that even fully vaccinated people resume wearing masks in many places, including the Capitol, as...
Jul 28, 2021
U.S. Homeland Security Department imposes employee mask mandate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday said all of its employees, regardless of vaccination status, will need to wear a mask indoors and physically distance. The ...
Jul 28, 2021
California urges power conservation in heat wave, prices soar
(Reuters) - U.S. power prices for Wednesday jumped as homes and businesses crank up air conditioners to escape another heat wave, prompting the California electric grid operator to urge conservation. ...
Jul 28, 2021
Biden condemns anti-Semitism after swastika found at State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden spoke out against anti-Semitism after officials said that a swastika had been found carved into the wall of a U.S. State Department elevator. "Let me be...
Jul 28, 2021
McConnell strives to counter ‘bad advice’ to boost U.S. Republican vaccination rate
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell blamed misinformation for the low rates of COVID-19 vaccination among Americans, which are fueling a rise in corona...
Jul 28, 2021
Analysis-U.S. Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ favored religion and Trump
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As midnight approached on the eve of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, the conservative-majority Supreme Court granted emergency requests by Chr...
Jul 28, 2021
Desalination advances in California despite opponents pushing for alternatives
By Daniel Trotta HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (Reuters) - Environmentalists say desalination decimates ocean life, costs too much money and energy, and soon will be made obsolete by water recycling. But a...
Jul 28, 2021
Biden to tout tougher “Buy American” rules in visit to Mack Trucks plant
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will tour a Mack Trucks plant in Pennsylvania on Wednesday to hammer home the importance of American manufacturing and unveil new rules that...
Jul 28, 2021
Two dead, several injured in acid leak at LyondellBasell plant in Texas
(Reuters) - Two people were killed and several others injured after a leak of acetic acid at a LyondellBasell chemical plant in La Porte, Texas, on Tuesday night, the company confirmed by email. The i...
Jul 28, 2021
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