Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden administration moves to rejoin U.N. Human Rights Council
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will reengage with the United Nations Human Rights Council, three years after former President Donald Trump withdrew over what his admi...
Feb 07, 2021
Biden says challenging for U.S. to reach herd immunity by summer’s end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said that it will be difficult for the United States to reach herd immunity, at least 75% of the population inoculated against the coronavirus, by the end of...
Feb 07, 2021
U.S. administers 41.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 41,210,937 doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Sunday morning and distributed 59,307,800 doses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunda...
Feb 07, 2021
Former Republican official George Shultz dies at 100 years old – Hoover Institute
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - George Shultz, the U.S. secretary of state who survived bitter infighting in President Ronald Reagan's administration to help forge a new era in American-Soviet r...
Feb 07, 2021
Chicago teachers union agrees to tentative deal on COVID-19 safety to reopen schools, mayor says
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said on Sunday that Chicago schools and its teachers union have reached a tentative agreement on a COVID-19 safety plan, a major mil...
Feb 07, 2021
U.S. Senate to pause Trump impeachment trial at end of week for Sabbath
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will pause former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial from Friday evening to Saturday evening this week to honor a request by a Trump attorn...
Feb 07, 2021
Four skiers killed, four rescued in Utah avalanche
(Reuters) - Four skiers have been killed and four others were rescued near Salt Lake City, Utah, in the deadliest snowslide in the United States in seven years, authorities said. Two groups of skiers,...
Feb 07, 2021
U.S. Treasury’s Yellen: Americans earning $60K should get stimulus checks
(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday that American workers who earn $60,000 per year should receive stimulus checks as part of the White House's proposed $1.9 trillion coron...
Feb 07, 2021
Biden administration suspends Trump asylum deals with El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration said on Saturday it was immediately suspending Trump-era asylum agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, part of a bid to undo his Republica...
Feb 06, 2021
59.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 39 million administered: U.S. CDC
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had distributed 59,304,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States and that 39,037,964 doses had been administered as of...
Feb 06, 2021
