Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
GAVI welcomes Biden move, urges U.S. COVID-19 vaccine makers to transfer know-how
GENEVA (Reuters) - The GAVI vaccine alliance on Thursday welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden's support for waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, and urged Washington to help manufa...
May 06, 2021
Quotes: U.S. backs giving poorer countries access to COVID-19 vaccine patents, reversing stance
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more th...
May 06, 2021
U.S. judge puts ruling on hold invalidating CDC eviction ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge late on Wednesday agreed to put on hold her ruling that invalidated the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) nationwide moratorium on eviction...
May 05, 2021
Colorado cult members accused of keeping mummified remains of leader appear in court
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Seven members of a religious cult who authorities say kept the mummified remains of their leader at a home in a remote Colorado town festooned with Christmas lights...
May 05, 2021
Three U.S. lawmakers seek to use part of COVID stimulus money for opioid crisis – Axios
(Reuters) - A bipartisan trio of U.S. lawmakers is asking Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for latitude to use some of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package for addressing th...
May 05, 2021
Factbox: Five takeaways from Facebook oversight board’s Trump case
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook's oversight board, a body set up by the social network to give independent verdicts on a small number of thorny content decisions, has ruled Facebook was ri...
May 05, 2021
U.S. court authorizes IRS to seek identities of taxpayers who have used cryptocurrency
(Reuters) - A federal court in the United States has authorized the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to serve a "John Doe Summons" on the crypto exchange Kraken, seeking identities of U.S. taxpayers who...
May 05, 2021
Kusama’s dots, flowers breathe life into pandemic New York
By Roselle Chen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dots are everywhere - on buildings, trees, water and more - as Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama brings her signature motif to the New York Botanical Garden...
May 05, 2021
U.S. Senate panel to take up technology research spending bill – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. legislative proposal to allocate $112 billion for basic and advanced technology research and science in the face of rising competitive pressure from China will be debated...
May 05, 2021
LGBTQ+ mariachi band seeks to broaden acceptance on Cinco de Mayo
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - As a gay mariachi musician, Carlos Samaniego grew tired of the discrimination and bullying from other mariachis in the macho world of the Mexican folk genre. So he formed ...
May 05, 2021
