Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.N. chief names Michael Bloomberg climate envoy to rally action
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reappointed former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg as his special envoy on climate ambition and solutions on Friday "t...
Feb 05, 2021
One U.S. company’s risky effort to build a new mask factory during COVID
By Timothy Aeppel LA VERNE, Calif. (Reuters) - Dan Izhaky is betting $4 million that the pandemic will change what Americans are willing to pay for high quality face masks from his new factory here in...
Feb 05, 2021
U.S. Senate passes budget plan to advance Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID aid package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's drive to enact a $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill gained momentum early on Friday as the U.S. Senate narrowly approved a budget blueprint allowing Democr...
Feb 05, 2021
Dominion Voting Systems seeks to preserve posts from Fox News, others ahead of lawsuits
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - Dominion Voting Systems said on Thursday it had asked Facebook and other social media platforms to preserve posts and data from several conservative-leaning networks includ...
Feb 04, 2021
U.S. FDA gearing up for rapid review of potential COVID-19 booster shots
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is planning a rapid review process for quick turnaround of new COVID-19 booster shots if variants of the coronavirus emerge against which the vaccines...
Feb 04, 2021
‘America is back’ – Biden touts muscular foreign policy in first diplomatic speech
By Steve Holland and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday promised a new era after the scattershot foreign policy of his predecessor, Donald Trump, declaring "Am...
Feb 04, 2021
U.S. House strips Republican Greene of committee assignments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to strip Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of two high-profile committee assignments, over her incendiary remar...
Feb 04, 2021
57.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 35.2 million administered: U.S. CDC
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 35,203,710 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Thursday morning and distributed 57,489,675 doses. T...
Feb 04, 2021
California rains starting later, extending fire season: study
(Reuters) - California's rainy season now starts a month later than it did decades ago, prolonging the state's destructive wildfire season into November, the American Geophysical Union said on Thursda...
Feb 04, 2021
Wisconsin governor clashes with lawmakers over statewide mask mandate
(Reuters) - Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers renewed his statewide mask-wearing mandate on Thursday, defying votes by the Republican-controlled legislature to repeal his earlier order requiring face cove...
Feb 04, 2021
