Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
At least five people wounded at Minnesota health clinic: media reports
(Reuters) - At least five people were wounded at a Minnesota health clinic about 40 miles northwest of Minneapolis early on Tuesday, multiple media reports said, citing police radio traffic. The repor...
Feb 09, 2021
U.S. government to ship COVID-19 vaccines directly to community health centers starting next week
(Reuters) - The U.S. government will begin shipping COVID-19 vaccines directly to community health centers around the country next week in an effort to speed vaccination and ensure doses are reaching ...
Feb 09, 2021
U.S. civil rights groups call on Biden to end executions
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - A group of prominent civil rights groups asked U.S. President Joe Biden to impose a moratorium on executing federal prisoners condemned to death and to commute the senten...
Feb 09, 2021
Factbox: Biden nominees ethics pledges on cryptocurrencies, university and company ties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several of President Joe Biden's nominees to head key U.S. agencies are selling stock holdings and pledging to seek ethics waivers if they have to oversee matters in which they ...
Feb 09, 2021
Former Obama official named U.S. Postal Service board chair
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former official during the Obama administration was named on Tuesday as the new chairman of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) board of governors as Democratic...
Feb 09, 2021
U.S. Senate Democrats attempting to have minimum wage hike in COVID-19 aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Senate continue to try to find a way to include a minimum wage increase in a comprehensive COVID-19 relief bill they aim to advance in coming weeks, Senate...
Feb 09, 2021
Canada will allow extra dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from each vial
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will allow medical officials to extract an extra sixth dose of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine from each vial, up from five currently, the health ministry said on Tuesday. Supr...
Feb 09, 2021
Biden to meet with JPMorgan, Walmart CEOs Tuesday: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is scheduled later on Tuesday to meet with chief executives of JP Morgan Chase, Walmart, Gap Inc., and Lowe's Companies as well as the Chamber of Commer...
Feb 09, 2021
Coca-Cola turns to 100% recycled plastic bottles in U.S.
(Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co will sell its popular sodas in bottles made from 100% recycled plastic material in the United States, the beverage maker said on Tuesday, in a major shift to combat plastic wa...
Feb 09, 2021
New York AG urges U.S. FDA to take action on baby food safety standards
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take action to set uniform standards related to toxic metals across all b...
Feb 09, 2021
