Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
35.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 16.5 million administered: U.S. CDC
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 16,525,281 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 35,990,150 doses. ...
Jan 20, 2021
Pearls, purple and American designers mark a new U.S. administration
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States' peaceful transition of power included a spotlight on fashion on Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were swor...
Jan 20, 2021
Poet Amanda Gorman, 22, captures ‘bruised, but whole’ U.S. at Biden, Harris inauguration
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amanda Gorman, the youngest poet in U.S. history to mark the transition of presidential power, offered a hopeful vision for a deeply divided country on Wednesda...
Jan 20, 2021
Proud Boys member among the latest in wave of arrests over Capitol riots
By Sarah N. Lynch and Brad Heath WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI on Wednesday arrested a Florida-based member of the right-wing Proud Boys group for his alleged role in breaching the U.S. Capitol on Ja...
Jan 20, 2021
In hidden message on White House website, Biden calls for coders
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The recently updated website for President Joe Biden's White House carried an invitation for tech specialists savvy enough to find it. Hidden in the HTML code ...
Jan 20, 2021
New COVID-19 variant defeats plasma treatment, may reduce vaccine efficacy
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The new COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa can evade the antibodies that attack it in treatments using blood plasma from previously recovered patients, and may reduce...
Jan 20, 2021
Lady Gaga, Garth Brooks bring star power to emotional Biden swearing-in ceremony
By Jill Serjeant (Reuters) - Am emotional Lady Gaga performed a dramatic version of the U.S. national anthem while Garth Brooks sang a cappella at the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Wednesday,...
Jan 20, 2021
U.S. business group strongly backs Biden federal mask mandate plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Wednesday it "strongly supports" a plan by President Joe Biden to require masks and physical distancing in all federal buildings, on all federa...
Jan 20, 2021
Trump pardons former editor of Kushner-owned newspaper
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ken Kurson, a family friend of Donald Trump and editor of a New York newspaper once owned by the former U.S. president's son-in-law Jared Kushner, was among those pardoned by Trum...
Jan 20, 2021
Newsmaker: Trump exits after four turbulent years, his presidency in tatters
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump led the United States for four tumultuous years with a right-wing populist approach and an "America First" message, but left office with his presiden...
Jan 20, 2021
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