Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers cannot challenge plea agreement: U.S. appeals court
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A federal appeals court rejected a challenge by a Jeffrey Epstein accuser to an agreement not to prosecute the financier, and to shield his associates from criminal lia...
Apr 16, 2021
Biden administration to invest $1.7 billion to fight COVID-19 variants
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Friday said it will invest $1.7 billion to help states and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fight COVID-19 variant...
Apr 16, 2021
U.S. advisory committee to meet next week to discuss J&J COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - An advisory committee to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will re-convene next week to discuss Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, after the use of the vaccine was pau...
Apr 16, 2021
Exclusive: As Biden advances UAE F-35 sale, senators seek more control of arms deals
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior Democratic senators will introduce legislation on Friday that would reassert Congress' oversight of international weapons deals, after President ...
Apr 16, 2021
Biden White House’s secret weapon on infrastructure: small businesses
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - The Biden administration is seeking to leverage a secret weapon in its bid to get corporate America to pay for a sweeping jobs and infrastructure package: the nation's s...
Apr 16, 2021
Biden’s climate duo of Kerry and McCarthy puts U.S. back in global warming fight
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unlikely duo is steering President Joe Biden's efforts to restore U.S. credibility on fighting climate change: a patrician former presidential candidate and a p...
Apr 16, 2021
U.S. parents begin to ask: Should my child get a COVID-19 shot?
By Gabriella Borter and Michael Erman (Reuters) - Tristen Sweeten, a 34-year-old nurse in Utah, hopes her three children will receive Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine through its pediatric clinical trial. T...
Apr 16, 2021
Multiple victims reported after shooting at FedEx site in Indianapolis: WRTV, citing police
(Reuters) - Multiple victims have been reported after shots were fired at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis on Thursday, an incident which the police is calling a "mass casualty," an ABC-affiliated tel...
Apr 15, 2021
Study finds young U.S. Marines without COVID-19 history at greater infection risk
(Reuters) - A study of more than 3,000 young U.S. Marines found that those without a history of COVID-19 had a five times greater risk of infection than those previously infected, according to finding...
Apr 15, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell wants trial delay, blames prosecutors
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer for Ghislaine Maxwell has asked a U.S. judge to delay the July 12 criminal trial of Jeffrey Epstein's former associate by at least 90 days, blaming pr...
Apr 15, 2021
