Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Health advisory issued after oil spill from Chevron Richmond, Calif. refinery: local media
(Reuters) - A health advisory has been issued after an oil spill from Chevron Corp's 245,271 barrel-per-day Richmond, California refinery at "Long Wharf" off point Richmond, according to local media r...
Feb 09, 2021
‘I’m not a cat,’ says lawyer after Zoom filter mishap
(Reuters) - When Judge Roy Ferguson opened up virtual proceedings of the 394th Judicial District Court in Texas on Zoom on Tuesday, he was not expecting to see two lawyers and a kitten. The cute blue-...
Feb 09, 2021
U.S. lawmakers introduce legislation to help Black farmers
By Christopher Walljasper CHICAGO (Reuters) - Lawmakers introduced two bills to help minority farmers this week, aiming to address longstanding injustices in the agricultural sector. Georgia Senator R...
Feb 09, 2021
Los Angeles Super Bowl aims to bring back hope
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Following the first Super Bowl of the COVID-19 era and with vaccine distribution on the rise, preparations are underway to make next year's game in Los Angeles ...
Feb 09, 2021
California set to top New York as state with most COVID deaths
By Sharon Bernstein and Lisa Shumaker SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California was set to surpass New York as the U.S. state with the most coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, a grim reminder of the pandem...
Feb 09, 2021
U.N. in talks with U.S. on Central American refugees applying for asylum from home
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - The United Nations Refugee Agency has held initial talks with U.S. President Joe Biden's administration about Central American asylum claimants being processed in ...
Feb 09, 2021
Student loan servicer agrees to borrower relief in Massachusetts settlement
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - One of the largest U.S. student loan servicers has agreed to settle a lawsuit by Massachusetts' attorney general claiming its mishandling of thousands of loans under...
Feb 09, 2021
Biden administration plans to continue to seek extradition of WikiLeaks’ Assange: official
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration plans to continue to seek to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the United Kingdom to the United States to fa...
Feb 09, 2021
62.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines delivered, 43.2 million administered: U.S. CDC
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 43,206,190 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Tuesday morning and delivered 62,898,775 doses. The ...
Feb 09, 2021
Factbox: What Biden is doing to bring more refugees into the U.S.
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is proposing to raise refugee admissions this year to 62,500 from the record-low 15,000 set by his predecessor Donald Trump. U.S. State De...
Feb 09, 2021
