Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. airlines, unions oppose requiring COVID-19 tests for domestic flights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition of groups representing the airline, travel and aerospace industries and union groups on Friday urged President Joe Biden not to impose new COVID-19 testing requireme...
Jan 29, 2021
U.S. agencies in talks to finalize Biden transportation mask mandate
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. agencies have been in talks this week to finalize a planned Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) order to implement a federal mask mandate i...
Jan 29, 2021
‘Bomb-making manuals’ found in home of Proud Boy who stormed Capitol, prosecutors say
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement agents found bomb-making instructions inside the home of a member of the extremist group the Proud Boys, who was charged with participating in the Jan. 6 ...
Jan 29, 2021
U.S. Labor Department issues COVID-19 workplace safety guidance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department on Friday issued guidance for safe workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic, which could allow sick employees to stay at home without fear of losing the...
Jan 29, 2021
Two bars for bitcoins: owner in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen selling out for cryptocurrency
By Aleksandra Michalska NEW YORK (Reuters) - Patrick Hughes has put his two side-by-side bars in New York's Hell's Kitchen, Hellcat Annie's and Scruffy Duffy's, up for sale - for 25 bitcoins or 800 Et...
Jan 29, 2021
New York City to ban natural gas hookups in new buildings by 2030: mayor
(Reuters) - New York City this week said it will join a growing list of U.S. cities banning natural gas hookups in new buildings. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Thursday as part of his Sta...
Jan 29, 2021
Get the Bernie look, or something like it, with Vermont knitter’s mittens
By Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders may be an unlikely fashion trendsetter but memes of his Inauguration Day mittens sparked demand for lookalikes that is keeping a Vermont kni...
Jan 29, 2021
U.S. workplace safety agency issues new COVID-19 guidance for employers
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor office that enforces workplace safety laws on Friday encouraged employers to take additional steps to protect workers amid the COVID-19 pand...
Jan 29, 2021
Factbox: With strokes of pen, Biden overturns Trump policies and fights COVID-19
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In his first days in office, U.S. President Joe Biden issued a wave of executive orders and proclamations aimed at dismantling some of former President Donald Trump's agenda and b...
Jan 29, 2021
New York City restaurants to resume limited indoor dining on Feb. 14: governor
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, citing an improvement in the state's coronavirus metrics, said on Friday that New York City's restaurants may reopen their indoor dining areas at 2...
Jan 29, 2021
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