Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. lawmakers press Big Tech for internal research on kids’ mental health
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Four Republican U.S. lawmakers requested on Tuesday that Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google turn over any studies they have done on how their services affec...
Mar 30, 2021
U.S. administers 147.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 147,602,345 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Tuesday morning and distributed 189,451,285 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and P...
Mar 30, 2021
U.S. human rights report blasts China over Uighurs, Russia’s targeting of Navalny
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States highlighted a deteriorating picture for human rights across the world on Tuesday, calling out China's repression of Uighurs and Russia's targeting of political...
Mar 30, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court weighs TransUnion bid to nix ‘terrorist list’ lawsuit
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled it could narrow the scope of a class action lawsuit against TransUnion in which thousands of people sought damages ...
Mar 30, 2021
White House extends interest pause on student loans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House will expand a pause on student loan interest and collection for more than 1 million borrowers currently in default as it reviews its options, press secretary Jen...
Mar 30, 2021
White House announces new measures to counter anti-Asian violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a set of measures responding to rising anti-Asian violence, including deploying $49.5 million from COVID-19 relief funds for U.S. c...
Mar 30, 2021
Georgia sued for third time over voting restrictions as Delta, Coke face boycott calls
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Civil rights groups intensified their legal fight against Georgia's new voting restrictions with a third federal lawsuit, while Atlanta-based corporations Delta Air Lines Inc ...
Mar 30, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. investigations into cartels paralyzed by standoff with Mexico
By John Shiffman, Brad Heath and Diego Or WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. efforts to battle powerful drug cartels from inside Mexico have ground to a halt since January as strained relations between the t...
Mar 30, 2021
New York congestion plan must face environmental review: U.S. agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York's proposed congestion pricing plan that uses tolls to manage traffic in Midtown Manhattan must face an environmental assessment before it can take effect, the U.S. Tran...
Mar 30, 2021
Trump must face ‘Apprentice’ contestant’s defamation lawsuit: NY court
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state's highest court on Tuesday cleared the way for a former contestant on "The Apprentice" to sue Donald Trump for defamation, after the former U.S....
Mar 30, 2021
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