Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump grants full pardon to Russia probe figure George Papadopoulos
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump granted a full pardon on Tuesday to George Papadopoulos, a former campaign aide who pleaded guilty as part of the investigation into Russ...
Dec 22, 2020
Asian shares set for mixed open on resurgent virus worries
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian shares were set for choppy trade on Wednesday as the investor focus swung between concerns about a new faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus and hopes ...
Dec 22, 2020
‘My second life’: California nurse walks out of hospital after 8-month COVID-19 ordeal
By Steve Gorman LONG BEACH, Calif. (Reuters) - As a veteran ICU nurse whose job is to care for the most critically ill patients at her hospital in Long Beach, California, Merlin Pambuan was well aware...
Dec 22, 2020
BNSF Railway crude train derails in Washington state, causes fire on train
(Reuters) - A BNSF Railway train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire near Custer, Washington, at around noon local time on Tuesday, the company said. "Initial reports indicate that between thr...
Dec 22, 2020
Pfizer nears deal with U.S. government to supply additional COVID-19 vaccine doses – NYT
(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc is close to striking a deal with the U.S. government to supply at least tens of millions of additional doses of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate next year in exchange for a governm...
Dec 22, 2020
NIH pauses enrollment of critically ill patients in trials testing blood thinners against COVID-19
(Reuters) - The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Tuesday it had paused enrollment of critically ill COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care unit support in its trials testing blood ...
Dec 22, 2020
U.S. FDA warns Amazon’s Whole Foods Market for misbranding food products
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday it has issued a warning letter to Amazon.com Inc's Whole Foods Market for not labeling some products for the presence of food al...
Dec 22, 2020
Biden says huge data breach poses ‘grave risk’ to U.S., promises response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said on Tuesday that a widespread data breach of the government apparently carried out by the Russian government poses a "grave risk" to national ...
Dec 22, 2020
U.S. approves NYSE listing plan to cut out Wall Street middlemen
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies may go public on the New York Stock Exchange without forking out fat fees to Wall Street banks which typically underwrite such capital raisings, the...
Dec 22, 2020
Trump EPA finalizes lead contamination rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday finalized the first update of regulations of lead in drinking water in 30 years, a move it said strengthens federal rules but...
Dec 22, 2020
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