Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
‘Hungry Caterpillar’ author-illustrator Eric Carle dead at 91
(Reuters) -Acclaimed children's author and illustrator Eric Carle, perhaps best remembered for his classic story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," has died at age 91, publisher Penguin Kids said on Twitt...
May 26, 2021
U.S. CDC green lights Royal Caribbean cruise sail in June
(Reuters) - The Centers for Disease Control said it had provisionally approved one cruise ship from Royal Caribbean to begin restricted revenue sailing in June. The CDC said the approval followed a re...
May 26, 2021
Fallen Capitol Police officer’s mother urges senators to back probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The mother of a police officer who died after battling a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol is seeking meetings with Republican senators to urge them to vote for a commission to...
May 26, 2021
Planned Parenthood, ACLU sue to block Arkansas ban on most abortions
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Women's health provider Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging Arkansas' ban on all abortions except in medi...
May 26, 2021
U.S. senators want review of Chinese donations to U.S. universities
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators offered legislation on Wednesday that would require national security reviews of major Chinese gifts and contracts to U.S. universities. They ...
May 26, 2021
Extreme heat drives ‘high risk’ summer for U.S. power, especially in California
By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - Extreme heat this summer could create energy shortfalls in California, Texas, New England and the U.S. West and Central regions, the organization responsible for North Am...
May 26, 2021
U.S. administers 289.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 289,212,304 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 359,849,035 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
May 26, 2021
Biden says U.S. intelligence community divided on COVID origin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the U.S. intelligence community is divided on the question of where COVID-19 emerged from, including whether it came from human contact wit...
May 26, 2021
Biden’s EV metals import plan unlikely to match climate goals -executives
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - The Biden administration's plan to rely on ally nations for most of the metals needed to build electric vehicles ignores the complexity of modern mining and could keep t...
May 26, 2021
U.S. judge rejects Bayer’s $2 billion deal to resolve future Roundup lawsuits
By Tom Hals (Reuters) -A U.S. judge rejected Bayer's $2 billion class action proposal to resolve future lawsuits alleging its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, saying in a Wednesday order that parts o...
May 26, 2021
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