Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden to promote $4 trillion plans in visit to Virginia school
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden travels to coastal Virginia on Monday to promote how his proposals to spend $4 trillion for infrastructure and families will help the U.S. educ...
May 03, 2021
U.S. screens 1.63 million people at airports, highest since March 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it screened 1.63 million passengers on Sunday at U.S. airports, the highest number since March 2020, when the coronavi...
May 03, 2021
U.S. foundation launches with $125 million from business leaders to combat anti-Asian hate
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - A new organization dedicated to supporting Asian-American and Pacific Islander causes launched on Monday with a $125 million financial commitment over five years, vowing to cr...
May 03, 2021
Analysis: Biden, Powell paddling in same direction on policy front
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Within a span of six hours last week, U.S. President Joe Biden and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell embarked on a potentially historic course, pairing mas...
May 03, 2021
Drug distributors face off against West Virginia in billion-dollar opioid trial
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - The three largest U.S. drug distributors, who are accused of helping fuel the opioid crisis that has resulted in nearly 500,000 overdose deaths in the United States, wil...
May 03, 2021
Biden to start reunifying migrant families separated by Trump-era border policy
By Mimi Dwyer and Ted Hesson LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The United States this week will reunite four migrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration, U.S. officials ...
May 03, 2021
U.S. administers 245.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 245,591,469 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Sunday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Sunday. A t...
May 03, 2021
Tornado rips through Mississippi, damages buildings, power lines
(Reuters) - A tornado tore through the southern U.S. city of Tupelo on Sunday, blowing the roofs off homes and tearing down trees and power lines, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. "Eme...
May 03, 2021
Two dead, 23 hurt when boat overturns off California peninsula
(Reuters) - Two people were killed and 23 injured on Sunday when a suspected human smuggling boat overturned off Cabrillo National Monument in Point Loma, a peninsula whose rugged beauty draws sightse...
May 02, 2021
Proud Boys Canada dissolves itself, says it was never a ‘white supremacy’ group
TORONTO (Reuters) - Proud Boys Canada, a far-right group that Ottawa named as a terrorist entity earlier this year, has dissolved itself, saying it has done nothing wrong, according to a statement by ...
May 02, 2021
