Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
‘It’s unbearable’: U.S. Pacific Northwest swelters in heat wave
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A historic heat wave baked the U.S. Pacific Northwest where temperatures pushed into the triple digits on Saturday as local officials warned residents to take precaution...
Jun 26, 2021
Biden to up pressure on lawmakers as infrastructure talks enter next stage
By Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is preparing to ratchet up pressure on wobbly lawmakers to push forward a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal amid concerns from both...
Jun 26, 2021
U.S. reaches 322 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered : CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 322,123,103 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning, and distributed 381,276,030 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Jun 26, 2021
Four dead, 1 critical in New Mexico hot air balloon crash
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - A hot air balloon crashed in an Albuquerque, New Mexico, neighborhood on Saturday, killing four people and critically injuring a fifth person, after apparently being blown in...
Jun 26, 2021
Engineer had warned of structural damage before Florida building collapse -NYT
(Reuters) - A consultant had warned three years before the deadly collapse of a South Florida condominium building that there was evidence of "major structural damage" to the concrete slab below the p...
Jun 26, 2021
Trump revenge tour kicks off with Saturday rally in Ohio
By Nathan Layne WELLINGTON, Ohio (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a rally on Saturday in Ohio, his first since his supporters' deadly attack on the Capitol, as he aims to bolst...
Jun 26, 2021
Rescuers search around the clock for survivors of Florida building collapse
By Francisco Alvarado SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) - Prospects for recovering survivors from a Florida high-rise diminished with each passing hour on Saturday, two full days after the 12-story condominium...
Jun 26, 2021
Colorado man who fatally shot cop killer was mistakenly slain by police
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado man who fatally shot a gunman who had just killed a police officer was himself slain by a responding officer who apparently mistook him for the cop kille...
Jun 25, 2021
U.S. lawmakers to investigate approval, pricing of Alzheimer’s drug from Biogen
(Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Friday announced an investigation into the approval and pricing of Biogen Inc's Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm, amid concerns over its steep price and doubts if the clinical e...
Jun 25, 2021
U.S. Senate Republicans press CDC to end mask mandate on airplanes, transit
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - A group of Senate Republicans urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday to stop requiring fully vaccinated Americans to wear masks on public ...
Jun 25, 2021
