Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
30.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 11.1 million administered: U.S. CDC
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 11,148,991 first doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Thursday morning and distributed 30,628,175 do...
Jan 14, 2021
U.S. charges 14 leaders of MS-13 with terrorism: DOJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has indicted 14 leaders of the international criminal gang MS-13 on terrorism charges, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement on Thursday. The indi...
Jan 14, 2021
Inside Trump’s final days: Aides struggle to contain an angry, isolated president
By Steve Holland, Jeff Mason, Matt Spetalnick and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - "We are going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue," President Donald Trump exhorted his screaming supporters before ...
Jan 14, 2021
Exclusive: Trump administration adds China’s Comac, Xiaomi to Chinese military blacklist
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Thursday added nine Chinese firms to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies, including planemaker Comac and mobile phone mak...
Jan 14, 2021
U.S. commission says China possibly committed ‘genocide’ against Xinjiang Muslims
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China has possibly committed "genocide" in its treatment of Uighurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, a bipartisan commission of ...
Jan 14, 2021
China steals march on West in developing nations’ vaccine rollout
By Murad Sezer and Peter Graff ISTANBUL/LONDON (Reuters) - China is stealing a march on Western drugmakers in the COVID-19 vaccine race in developing nations, with Indonesia and Turkey rolling out hug...
Jan 14, 2021
U.S. airports warn of $40 billion impact of COVID-19, seek more government aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group representing major U.S. airports said Thursday it expected to see a $40 billion impact over two years from the steep decline in passenger traffic because of the coronavi...
Jan 14, 2021
Washington locks down, Delta bans guns to D.C. ahead of inauguration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Washington locks down for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, Delta Air Lines put new restrictions on passengers to the U.S. capital on Thursday, while Democrats warned...
Jan 14, 2021
Biden to pick former South Carolina Democratic Party chair Harrison to head DNC: source
(Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden is set to pick former South Carolina Democratic Party chairman Jaime Harrison to head the Democratic National Committee, a source told Reuters on Thursday. Harris...
Jan 14, 2021
U.S. exempts self-driving vehicles from some crash standards
By Joseph White (Reuters) - The outgoing Trump administration issued new rules Thursday that would allow manufacturers of automated vehicles to bypass crash standards required of conventional vehicles...
Jan 14, 2021
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