Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
CDC finds COVID-19 drove 15% spike in U.S. death rate in 2020: Politico
(Reuters) - A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study has found that last year was the deadliest in U.S. history, with COVID-19 helping to drive a 15% increase in deaths, Politico report...
Mar 10, 2021
Biden White House plans nationwide victory lap to promote benefits of COVID-19 relief bill
By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mindful of hard lessons learned by the previous Democratic administration, President Joe Biden and top aides are planning a nationwide tour to...
Mar 10, 2021
Majority of U.S. Senate votes to confirm Biden EPA pick Regan
(Reuters) - The majority of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Michael Regan as the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, which will play a central role in the Biden ad...
Mar 10, 2021
Capturing the moment a U.S. border patrol agent reaches out to a young migrant
(Reuters) - Lying patiently in the long grass near the Rio Grande in Texas on Tuesday, Reuters photographer Adrees Latif was watching and waiting. A native Texan, Latif has been covering the ebbs and ...
Mar 10, 2021
U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak restoring service on long distance routes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak will restore daily service to 12 long distance routes starting in May after Congress on Wednesday gave final approval to $1.7 billion in additiona...
Mar 10, 2021
EPA considers combining 2021, 2022 U.S. biofuel blending proposals – sources
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency is considering issuing proposals for U.S. biofuel blending obligations for both 2021 and 2022 at the same time, two sources ...
Mar 10, 2021
Biden says Americans will be first to get vaccines; any surplus to be shared
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Americans would be the first to receive COVID-19 vaccines, but any surplus would be shared with the world. "We're going to start ...
Mar 10, 2021
U.S. extends $14 billion lifeline to airlines in third government aid package
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to a new $14 billion payroll assistance package to U.S. airlines as part of a COVID-19 rel...
Mar 10, 2021
Senate confirms Biden nominee Garland as U.S. attorney general
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to confirm Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden's nominee for attorney general, as the federal appellate judg...
Mar 10, 2021
U.S. encountered more than 100,000 migrants at U.S.-Mexico border in February
(Reuters) - U.S. border agents encountered 100,441 migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in February, Troy Miller, the senior official performing duties as the commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border...
Mar 10, 2021
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