Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Divided U.S. Senate confirms Vanita Gupta to No. 3 job at Justice Department
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A divided U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Vanita Gupta as the first woman of color to serve in the No. 3 job at the Justice Department, a role at the ...
Apr 21, 2021
The ‘Alice in Wonderland-esque’ bar hidden in a New York subway station
By Roselle Chen (Reuters) - Behind an inconspicuous black door on a stairwell in New York's 28th Street subway station, the person in the know will find cocktail lounge La Noxe. The roughly 500-square...
Apr 21, 2021
Republicans hope to unveil infrastructure counterproposal Thursday -Wicker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Roger Wicker said that Republicans hope to unveil their counterproposal to Democratic President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan on Thursday. "We would hope to unfurl...
Apr 21, 2021
U.S. administers 215.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 215,951,909 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 277,938,875 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Apr 21, 2021
Senate Republican says U.S. police reform proposal may be done in week or two
By Makini Brice and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One day after a Minnesota jury convicted a police officer for the murder of George Floyd, Republican U.S. Senator Tim Scott said on Wednesday h...
Apr 21, 2021
White House backs tech bill boosting U.S. supply chains – spokeswoman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday threw its support behind a legislative effort to address Chinese competition, saying U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed the bipartisan bill aimed at ...
Apr 21, 2021
Ohio authorities probe fatal police shooting of Black teenage girl
By Gaelen Morse COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - State investigators in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday were probing the fatal police shooting of a Black teenage girl in a confrontation caught on body-camera f...
Apr 21, 2021
Biden will use speech to Congress next week to call for police reform -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden believes "the bar is too high" for convicting police officers and will use his speech to a joint session of Congress next week to push for police reform...
Apr 21, 2021
World is still waiting for U.S. climate target on eve of Biden summit
By Jeff Mason and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is still putting the finishing touches on its plan to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, ahead of a summit this week ...
Apr 21, 2021
New rules allowing small drones to fly over people in U.S. take effect
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that final rules announced in December took effect on Wednesday allowing for small drones to fly over people and at night, a signi...
Apr 21, 2021
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