Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Walgreens to open first corporate COVID-19 vaccine clinics at Amtrak
By Richa Naidu CHICAGO (Reuters) - Walgreens Boot Alliance is opening its first corporate COVID-19 vaccine clinics at several Amtrak offices in early April to vaccinate "large numbers" of the U.S. pas...
Mar 25, 2021
Landlords not liable for tenant-on-tenant racial harassment – U.S. appeals court
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Landlords are not liable under the federal Fair Housing Act for ignoring tenant-on-tenant racial harassment in their buildings, a sharply divided federal appea...
Mar 25, 2021
New wave of ‘hacktivism’ adds twist to cybersecurity woes
By Joseph Menn (Reuters) - At a time when U.S. agencies and thousands of companies are fighting off major hacking campaigns originating in Russia and China, a different kind of cyber threat is re-emer...
Mar 25, 2021
U.S. Senate confirms Adeyemo as Yellen’s deputy at Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Wally Adeyemo as deputy secretary of the Treasury on Thursday, making him the first Black American to hold the powerful job. Treasury...
Mar 25, 2021
Twitter’s Dorsey called out for trolling Congress during hearing
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted his frustration with U.S. lawmakers' questions on the social media platform during a hearing about misinformation on Thursday, leadin...
Mar 25, 2021
California, Florida, North Carolina announce expanded COVID-19 vaccine eligibility
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Several U.S. states on Thursday announced broad expansions of their COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, with California opening immunizations to all adults aged 50 and o...
Mar 25, 2021
New York poised to legalize marijuana as lawmakers agree on terms: reports
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrats, who control the New York legislature, have come to terms on a measure to legalize marijuana, which would make the state the 15th in the country to allow recreational us...
Mar 25, 2021
U.S. NIH director warns vaccine hesitancy could draw out COVID pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who are reluctant to get the COVID-19 vaccines could end up prolonging the pandemic, U.S. National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins said on Thursday. Collins...
Mar 25, 2021
Police report ‘extensive damage’ from tornado in Alabama towns
(Reuters) - A tornado hitting several small communities south of Birmingham, Alabama, has caused "extensive damage," including numerous homes and a civic center, local police said on Twitter. (Reporti...
Mar 25, 2021
New York City deploying Asian undercover force to combat hate crimes
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City plans to deploy an all-Asian undercover police team and expand community outreach in more than 200 languages to combat a rise in hate crimes agai...
Mar 25, 2021
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