Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
After hottest June ever, U.S. braces for new heatwave in West
(Reuters) - Western states are bracing for more scorching weather this weekend after the hottest month of June on record in the United States killed scores of people, strained electric grids and deple...
Jul 09, 2021
Illinois becomes first U.S. state to require Asian-American history in schools
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill on Friday requiring public schools to teach Asian-American history, the first such step by a U.S. state amid rising concerns a...
Jul 09, 2021
U.S. administers nearly 333 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States had administered 332,966,409 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 386,058,070 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Jul 09, 2021
Death toll in Florida condo collapse rises to 78
(Reuters) - The confirmed death toll in the collapse of a Miami-area condominium tower increased to 78 on Friday after workers pulled the remains of an additional 14 people from the rubble of the buil...
Jul 09, 2021
Biden will direct U.S. study of airport slots, aviation market structure – adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's executive order to boost competition will direct U.S. regulators to review airport slots and aviation market structure issues, a White House adviser told R...
Jul 09, 2021
CDC recommends masking indoors for unvaccinated students, teachers in U.S. schools
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday updated its guidance to help reopen schools in the fall, including recommending masking indoors for everyone who is not fully ...
Jul 09, 2021
U.S. judge ends Amazon challenge to $10 billion cloud contract after Pentagon cancellation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday dismissed Amazon.com's legal challenge to the 2019 U.S. Defense Department decision to award a $10 billion JEDI cloud-computing project to rival Microsoft...
Jul 09, 2021
Biden’s executive order to promote competition in the U.S. economy includes over 70 initiatives – sources
By Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Friday that includes over 70 initiatives the White House wants over a dozen agencies to u...
Jul 09, 2021
U.S. rapper Lil Baby arrested in Paris for carrying cannabis – source
PARIS (Reuters) - French police arrested U.S. rapper Dominique Jones, who goes by the name Lil Baby, for allegedly carrying cannabis, a judicial source said on Friday, confirming an earlier report by ...
Jul 09, 2021
‘Like a rebirth’: Americans pack reopened concert halls for a summer of music
By Brendan O'Brien, Rich McKay, Andrew Hay and Gabriella Borter CHICAGO (Reuters) - Pamela Pickens swayed her hips as her husband Tom led her in an impromptu dance to the strumming of guitarist Studeb...
Jul 09, 2021
