Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Health insurer Centene to cut 3,000 job positions
(Reuters) - U.S. health insurer Centene Corp said on Tuesday it will cut about 3,000 positions that overlapped with those from acquisitions. The company had said in December it will eliminate 1,500 op...
Feb 09, 2021
Walgreens, Uber partner to provide access, free rides to U.S. COVID-19 vaccination centers
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Walgreens and Uber Technologies Inc on Tuesday said they will team up to provide educational programs and free transportation to U.S. COVID-19 vaccine clinics to underserved...
Feb 09, 2021
Biden believes teachers are priority for vaccinations, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden believes that America's teachers should be a priority in getting vaccinated against the coronavirus but he will listen to scientists' recommendations on...
Feb 09, 2021
Super Bowl LV watched by 96.4 million viewers across all platforms – CBS
(Reuters) - Sunday's Super Bowl broadcast on CBS attracted 96.4 million viewers across all platforms, the ViacomCBS-owned network said on Tuesday. The network did not disclose how many people watched ...
Feb 09, 2021
Explainer: Is Trump’s post-presidency impeachment trial constitutional?
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting last month's deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol will begin on Tuesday with arguments over whether t...
Feb 09, 2021
After deadly Capitol riot, Trump impeachment trial to open with fight on Constitution
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial, on a charge of inciting last month's deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol, opens on Tuesday with a debate over ...
Feb 09, 2021
As impeachment begins, New York accelerates probes of Trump’s property dealings
By Jason Szep, Joseph Tanfani and Peter Eisler (Reuters) - As former U.S. President Donald Trump goes to trial this week in the Senate on charges of inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, criminal ...
Feb 09, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine chasers hunt, wait and hope in Los Angeles
By Norma Galeana SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. (Reuters) - Jose Luis Espinoza had been chasing a COVID-19 vaccine for more than three weeks. He hadn't hugged his 98-year-old father in a long time, and was ...
Feb 09, 2021
U.S. safety board to meet on Kobe Bryant fatal helicopter crash
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) meets on Tuesday to determine the probable cause of the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed retired NBA...
Feb 09, 2021
U.S. DOJ to ask 56 Trump-appointed attorneys to resign: CNN
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice, as soon as Tuesday, is expected to ask 56 attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump to submit their resignations, CNN reported on Monday. The mov...
Feb 08, 2021
