Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Chevron says fire extinguished at Richmond, Calif. refinery
(Reuters) - Chevron Corp said a fire that broke out at its 245,271 barrel-per-day Richmond, California refinery on Friday morning has been extinguished and no injuries were reported. In addition to th...
May 14, 2021
Factbox: Cautious U.S. re-opening does not include U.S. government, yet
(Adds FACTBOX to front of headline) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With more than one-third of Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, traffic is starting to re-appear in some suburbs, schools are cautiously r...
May 14, 2021
U.S. officials hope new mask advice drives uptick in COVID shots
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With new federal guidance allowing people to ditch their masks in most places, it will be up to individuals to decide how to protect themselves now that vaccines are readily ava...
May 14, 2021
U.S. lawmakers seek to form bipartisan panel on Jan. 6 attack
(Corrects timing in paragraph 2) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democratic and Republican lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee on Friday said they had reached a deal to push forward with...
May 14, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. senators expected to announce $52 billion chips funding deal – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is expected to unveil a $52 billion proposal on Friday that would significantly boost U.S. semiconductor chip production and research over fi...
May 14, 2021
House Republicans pick Stefanik to replace Trump critic Cheney in leadership – media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday elected Elise Stefanik to serve in their No. 3 leadership position, replacing Liz Cheney, an outspoken critic of forme...
May 14, 2021
U.S. approves temporary Jones Act waiver for second company – statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has approved another temporary targeted Jones Act waiver for second company as part of an ongoing effort to ease tight fuel supplies along the eastern United...
May 14, 2021
Delta will require COVID-19 vaccine for new employees
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines will require all new hires in the United States to be vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the first major companies to issue such a mandate. "Any person joining Delta in th...
May 14, 2021
Private firefighters fuel tensions while saving California vineyards and mansions
By Alexandra Ulmer ST. HELENA, California (Reuters) - Last October, firefighter Ryan Bellanca and his crew battled to keep the raging Glass Fire from devastating an upmarket Napa Valley vineyard. But ...
May 14, 2021
Lawyers for Durst ask for postponement of murder trial due to ill health: CNN
(Reuters) - Lawyers for suspected serial killer Robert Durst, the subject of an Emmy-award winning six-part HBO crime documentary, have filed an emergency motion to postpone his murder trial over heal...
May 14, 2021
