Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Double-masking, knotting-and-tucking for snug fit reduces COVID-19 spread, U.S. study shows
By Manas Mishra (Reuters) - Making sure a mask fits snugly on the face and use of two masks is likely to significantly reduce a person's exposure to the coronavirus, laboratory experiments described b...
Feb 10, 2021
Georgia launches criminal probe into Trump efforts to overturn 2020 election result: letter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, are investigating Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the Southern state's 2020 presidential election results, according to a letter seen ...
Feb 10, 2021
Poll finds 47% of Americans favor Trump conviction in impeachment trial: poll
By Chris Kahn (Reuters) - Just under half of Americans think former U.S. President Donald Trump should be convicted in his Senate impeachment trial after the first day of the historic proceedings, acc...
Feb 10, 2021
Biden budget nominee would support raising minimum wage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden's nominee to head the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, said on Wednesday she would support raising the U.S. minimum wage, without giving a...
Feb 10, 2021
After emotional start, Democrats to outline case at Trump’s impeachment trial
By David Morgan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats begin formally making their case on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump should be convicted for inciting the U.S. Capitol s...
Feb 10, 2021
Bitter cold and ice storms forecast for north, central United States
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - A weather system already punishing the Midwestern United States with the coldest temperatures of the winter was forecast to spin to the south and West on Wednesday, prompti...
Feb 10, 2021
UAW president holds White House talks on vehicle emissions
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Auto Workers (UAW) President Rory Gamble held a virtual meeting last week with a top White House environmental official as the Biden administration mo...
Feb 10, 2021
Chicago teachers vote for COVID-19 safety plan agreement with district
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago teachers voted in favor of approving a tentative COVID-19 safety plan to allow the third-largest U.S. public school system to gradually resume in-person ...
Feb 10, 2021
New hate symbols on U.S. warships including noose spark Navy condemnation
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy's top admiral on Tuesday condemned two new racist incidents involving hate symbols on warships, which sources said included a noose that was left o...
Feb 09, 2021
U.S. Senate panel sets Feb. 22-23 hearing for attorney general nominee Garland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Feb. 22-23 on confirmation of President Joe Biden's attorney general nominee, Merrick Garland, and will vote on advanc...
Feb 09, 2021
