Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
California governor declares drought emergency in 41 counties
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday issued an expanded "drought emergency proclamation" for 41 of the state's 58 counties, citing above-average temperatu...
May 10, 2021
Congressional panel to take up U.S. Postal reform bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday will take up a pair of bills to reform the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service, a document seen by Reu...
May 10, 2021
U.S. State Dept approves potential sale of AEGIS Combat System to Canada -Pentagon
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale to Canada of 4 AEGIS Combat Systems made by Lockheed Martin in a deal valued at up to $1.7 billion, the P...
May 10, 2021
U.S. authorizes Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine for children 12 to 15
By Michael Erman (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Monday authorized Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12, widening the country's inoculation program as vaccination r...
May 10, 2021
No requests to waive Jones Act in wake of Colonial Pipeline shutdown, U.S. says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has not received any requests to waive the Jones Act in response to the shutdown since Friday of the Colonial Pipeline due to a ransomware attack, a spokesma...
May 10, 2021
Top House Republican says to expect vote on ousting Cheney Wednesday – Punchbowl News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy told his Republican colleagues to expect a vote on Wednesday on removing Representative Liz Cheney from her leadership post, accordin...
May 10, 2021
New York City to deploy more patrols in Times Square after shooting
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - More New York police officers will patrol Times Square after a shooting last weekend that injured three people, including a child, the mayor said on Monday as ...
May 10, 2021
U.S. didn’t offer ransom advice to Colonial Pipeline, but may in future – officials
By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House declined to weigh in Monday on whether companies that are hacked like Colonial Pipeline should pay ransom to their attackers, bu...
May 10, 2021
Autopilot could not have been functioning in Tesla Texas crash — NTSB
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said testing showed Autopilot could not have been functioning in an April 17 Tesla Model S fatal crash in Texas that local police...
May 10, 2021
Biden says unemployed Americans offered a job must take it or lose benefits
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday defended himself against critics who say expanded unemployment benefits offered in the COVID relief bill passed in March are k...
May 10, 2021
