Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Authorities seize 68 big cats from Oklahoma’s ‘Tiger King’ animal park
(Reuters) - U.S. authorities have seized 68 lions, tigers, lion-tiger hybrids, and a jaguar from an Oklahoma animal park that featured in the 2020 Netflix series "Tiger King", the Department of Justic...
May 21, 2021
McDonald’s is sued for $10 billion for alleged bias against Black-owned media
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp was sued on Thursday for at least $10 billion by two companies owned by media entrepreneur Byron Allen, who accused the fast-food chain of racial discri...
May 20, 2021
Guess who’s coming to dinner? Virginia chef serves up tasty cicada tacos
By Katharine Jackson LEESBURG, Va. (Reuters) - For many Washington-area residents, the coming of the 17-year cicadas is a dreaded nuisance, but for chef Tobias Padovano it is a rare culinary opportuni...
May 20, 2021
Biden directs U.S. agencies to assess, mitigate risks of climate change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday directed federal agencies to assess and mitigate the increasing and significant risks that climate change poses to individual, businesses, the fe...
May 20, 2021
Biden, saying ‘silence is complicity,’ signs COVID hate crimes bill into law
By Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act that passed Congress in a rare show of bipartisanship following a spate of high-p...
May 20, 2021
‘Vax & Scratch’ lottery scheme aims to up New York COVID-19 shots
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - You gotta get poked to win, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday, unveiling a $5 million lottery prize incentive for New Yorkers who get their first...
May 20, 2021
U.S. FERC pulls licenses for three Michigan dams after flood
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said on Thursday it terminated Boyce Hydro Power Llc's licenses for the bankrupt company's Secord, Smallwood and Sanford hydroelectric ...
May 20, 2021
U.S. proposes big increase in forest management to tackle wildfires
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - The United States must double or quadruple the rate at which it thins and removes dead wood from its forests to reduce the threat of wildfires that have become more freque...
May 20, 2021
Romney urges U.S. to speed global COVID-19 vaccine distribution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Mitt Romney called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday to act with more urgency to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to countries in desperate need, noting ...
May 20, 2021
U.S. administers 279.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 279,397,250 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Thursday morning and distributed 351,955,515 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
May 20, 2021
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