Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Explainer-Will Colonial fuel pipeline shutdown mean U.S. pump prices rise?
By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) - The largest U.S. fuel pipeline system, Colonial Pipeline, shut down on Friday after a cyberattack. Nearly half the fuel consumed in the populous eastern Un...
May 09, 2021
Knowns and unknowns about the hack at Colonial Pipeline
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ransom-seeking hackers have broken into Colonial Pipeline, prompting the company to shut one of America's major arteries for fuel delivery. Here is a look at w...
May 09, 2021
U.S. Southeast braces for fuel price rises after pipeline shutdown
By Devika Krishna Kumar and Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - The southeastern United States will be the first to see price rises at the pumps due to the supply disruption caused by the shutdown of t...
May 09, 2021
Limetree says no sulfur dioxide near plant, National Guard finds high levels
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) - Limetree Bay said Sunday air quality testing near its U.S. Virgin Islands refinery found zero concentrations of sulfur dioxide, hours after the National Guard said it fou...
May 09, 2021
Ransom group linked to Colonial Pipeline hack is new but experienced
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The ransomware group linked to the extortion attempt that has snared fuel deliveries across the U.S. East Coast may be new, but that doesn't mean its hackers a...
May 09, 2021
Boyfriend attacks birthday party, kills 6 people and himself in Colorado -police
(Reuters) -A man fatally shot six other people including his girlfriend and then himself at a birthday party in Colorado Springs, Colorado, early on Sunday, sparing the children who were present insid...
May 09, 2021
Top House Republican says he will back Stefanik, not Trump critic Cheney, as conference chair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives signaled on Sunday that he would vote to remove fellow Republican and Trump critic Liz Cheney as a party leader, saying h...
May 09, 2021
U.S. has long way to go to recover from pandemic -commerce secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many Americans are still struggling to return to work after the coronavirus pandemic and last week's lower-than-expected jobs numbers were a reflection of that, Commerce Secreta...
May 09, 2021
Horse racing-Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit fails drugs test
(Reuters) - Trainer Bob Baffert, who won a record-setting seventh Kentucky Derby with Medina Spirit this month, on Sunday said the dark bay colt had failed a drugs test. Baffert said a post-race sampl...
May 09, 2021
U.S. turning the corner on coronavirus pandemic -White House’s Zients
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is turning the corner on the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. health officials are now focused on getting more Americans vaccinated, the White House COVID-19 resp...
May 09, 2021
