Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. administers 222.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States had administered 222,322,230 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 286,095,185 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Apr 23, 2021
Senior U.S. lawmaker warns against railroad industry consolidation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said on Friday the potential acquisition of Kansas City Southern railroad should set off "alarm bells"...
Apr 23, 2021
Odor from U.S. Caribbean refinery prompts school closures, investigation
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) - A "foul, gaseous smell" coming from the 200,000 barrel per day Limetree Bay refinery in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands that has prompted local school closures is being ca...
Apr 23, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell to enter plea to sex trafficking charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell is scheduled on Friday to be arraigned on sex trafficking charges, and a federal judge may consider whether to delay the British socialite's trial for helping th...
Apr 23, 2021
Veteran diplomat Jeffrey Feltman named U.S. special envoy for Horn of Africa
By Simon Lewis and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Veteran U.S. diplomat Jeffrey Feltman was named a special envoy for the Horn of Africa on Friday, as Washington looks to step up diplomatic ef...
Apr 23, 2021
Caitlyn Jenner joins Republican fray seeking to unseat California governor
(Reuters) - Caitlyn Jenner, a former Olympic gold medal winner and transgender activist, on Friday added her celebrity status to a growing band of Republicans seeking to unseat California Governor Gav...
Apr 23, 2021
After landmark policing trial, a debate over reopening George Floyd Square
By Jonathan Allen and Nicholas Pfosi MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Jay Webb reversed his pickup truck and offloaded mounds of soil into wood-framed flowerbeds in the middle of a Minneapolis intersection tha...
Apr 23, 2021
‘Hopeful trend’ as COVID-19 dip, but U.S. vaccine gaps remain -CDC’s Walensky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. COVID-19 cases fell 10% over the past week, signaling a "hopeful trend" even as wide gaps in vaccination rates across the country have raised new concerns, the head of the ...
Apr 23, 2021
U.S. police groups to meet with Garland as Minneapolis review begins
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Leaders of U.S. police groups will meet with Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday to discuss his sweeping civil investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis and ...
Apr 23, 2021
U.S. appeals court denies Dakota Access rehearing request
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Appeals Court on Friday denied Dakota Access LLC's petition for a rehearing on an earlier court decision to cancel a key permit for the DAPL oil pipeline, court documents s...
Apr 23, 2021
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