Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden to offer tax credits for COVID-19 vaccination paid time off
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday will announce tax credits to businesses that provide paid time off for some people to get COVID-19 shots as he seeks to get ...
Apr 21, 2021
Pfizer, unions, others donated $61.8 million for Biden’s inaugural
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden raised $61.8 million for his inauguration events, receiving large contributions from corporations, labor unions and wealthy individuals, according to a ...
Apr 21, 2021
U.S. adds about 100 countries to its ‘Do Not Travel’ advisory list
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has added about 100 countries since Tuesday to its "Level Four: Do Not Travel" advisory list, putting the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Mexico, Germa...
Apr 21, 2021
U.S. launches probe of Minneapolis police after Chauvin conviction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday launched a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis following a jury's verdict that former city police off...
Apr 21, 2021
Texas on track to add record solar power capacity by end of 2022
(Reuters) - Texas, already the U.S. state with the most wind energy capacity, is catching up to California in utility-scale solar capacity, according to a report from the U.S. Energy Information Admin...
Apr 21, 2021
Dish gets Amazon on board to build 5G network, to launch in Las Vegas
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Dish Network on Wednesday signed a deal with Amazon to build its 5G network on Amazon Web Services' (AWS) cloud platform and said it will launch its first n...
Apr 21, 2021
U.N. rights chief says George Floyd murder case shows scale of systemic racism
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday welcomed as "momentous" the verdict in the George Floyd case which she said had highlighted how much remains to be done to end sys...
Apr 21, 2021
Analysis: U.S. banks’ bond bonanza driven by extraordinary market conditions, regulatory decisions
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Record-breaking Wall Street bank bond offerings in recent days are being driven by a combination of extraordinary market conditions and regulatory decisions th...
Apr 21, 2021
‘Last Straw’: Americans confront racism, violence in Chauvin trial
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - The trial and conviction of former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd came with America at a crossroads, a moment of anguish, but also of possibi...
Apr 21, 2021
‘No sympathy’ for Chauvin, say those who had run-ins before Floyd
By Nathan Layne MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - For some of those who encountered Derek Chauvin's policing or witnessed his use of force as an officer there is no sympathy for the man convicted of killing Geo...
Apr 21, 2021
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