Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Colonial Pipeline has no plan to pay ransom to hackers -sources
By Joseph Menn and Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Colonial Pipeline does not plan to pay the ransom demanded by hackers who have encrypted its data, according to sources familiar with the comp...
May 12, 2021
Biden urges parents to get kids vaccinated after CDC panel OKs Pfizer vaccine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged parents to get their children vaccinated after a government advisory panel authorized the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 1...
May 12, 2021
‘Do not fill plastic bags with gasoline’ U.S. warns as shortages grow
By Chris Sanders WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Wednesday warned Americans to not fill plastic bags with gasoline as fuel shortages worsened on the sixth day of a...
May 12, 2021
White supremacist groups pose rising U.S. threat, Garland says
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Domestic violent extremist groups, particularly white supremacists, pose a growing threat to the United States, Attorney General Merrick Garland told a Senate ...
May 12, 2021
White House: Biden spent nearly two hours seeking collaboration in lawmaker meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden held a "productive" meeting for nearly two hours with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday to identify areas where they could collabo...
May 12, 2021
Coast Guard shuts portion of lower Mississippi River due to bridge crack
(Reuters) - The U.S Coast Guard on Wednesday said it closed a portion of the lower Mississippi River near I-40 Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee to vessel traffic on Wednesday due to a crack near the bridg...
May 12, 2021
Republican leaders say infrastructure deal possible but can’t include tax hike
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican leaders in congress emerged from a White House meeting on Wednesday optimistic that a bipartisan agreement can be reached on a jobs and infrastr...
May 12, 2021
Former U.S. prosecutor named United Auto Workers monitor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former federal prosecutor and special inspector general who oversaw a $700 billion U.S. government bailout fund was named on Wednesday as the independent monitor to oversee th...
May 12, 2021
Tina Turner, Jay-Z, Go-Go’s selected for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Tina Turner, rapper Jay-Z and 1980s female pop group The Go-Go's were among the newest performers selected for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the organizat...
May 12, 2021
Buttigieg says U.S. helping move fuel in wake of pipeline outage
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg said the Biden administration is working around the clock to help deal with gas shortages and restore operations of th...
May 12, 2021
