Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Interior Department to consult with tribal leaders on climate, COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department will start consultations with Native American tribal leaders next month on COVID-19, economic security, racial justice and climate change, part of e...
Feb 12, 2021
Amazon sues New York attorney general to preempt a state COVID lawsuit
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Friday sued New York's attorney general to stop the state from taking legal action over its early COVID-19 response, including its firing of activist Ch...
Feb 12, 2021
U.S. schools, pressured to reopen in pandemic, to get new CDC guidance
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday will issue new COVID-19 guidelines for schools as the Biden administration seeks to fulfill its...
Feb 12, 2021
Dose shortages undermine push by U.S. states to speed COVID-19 vaccinations
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - When the U.S. government began shipping COVID-19 vaccines in December, state health providers could not administer shots fast enough to keep pace with deliveries and mill...
Feb 12, 2021
U.S. continues plan to keep Central American migrants at bay
By Laura Gottesdiener, Frank Jack Daniel and Ted Hesson CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (Reuters) - In the days before U.S. President Joe Biden's inauguration, Mexican soldiers patrolling the banks of the wide...
Feb 12, 2021
Trump’s defense will make the case for his acquittal on inciting Capitol riot
By Susan Cornwell and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's defense lawyers will make their case on Friday why the former president is not guilty of inciting last month's deadly riot at t...
Feb 12, 2021
Biden moves to bring in asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico under Trump program
By Ted Hesson and Mimi Dwyer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government next week will begin to gradually process asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico under a controversial program put in place by ...
Feb 12, 2021
Florida consumers ‘flabbergasted’ as property insurers push for double-digit rate hikes
By Suzanne Barlyn (Reuters) - Florida property insurers are jacking up rates by double-digit percentages, blaming the hikes on lingering damage from past hurricanes, a wave of litigation, and a law th...
Feb 12, 2021
Biden to press for $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan with governors, mayors
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with a bipartisan group of mayors and governors on Friday as he continues to push for approval of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus...
Feb 12, 2021
Twitter suspends Project Veritas account over privacy violations
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Thursday it suspended the account of conservative activist group Project Veritas for repeated violations of its private information policy, which prohibits sharing, or ...
Feb 12, 2021
