Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden to pick Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona as U.S. Secretary of Education – source
(Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden is set to name Connecticut's Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona as his pick for U.S. Secretary of Education, according to a transition team source. Cardona,...
Dec 22, 2020
Drugmakers rush to test whether vaccines stop coronavirus variant
By John Miller and Patricia Weiss ZURICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Drug makers including BioNTech and Moderna are scrambling to test their COVID-19 vaccines against the new fast-spreading variant of the v...
Dec 22, 2020
U.S. Congress passes nearly $900 billion COVID-19 aid bill, awaits Trump approval
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a stopgap measure to fund U.S. agencies for another week after Congress passed a $892 billion COVID-19 aid package overnight that aims t...
Dec 22, 2020
U.S. third-quarter GDP growth revised slightly up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy grew at a record pace in the third quarter, fueled by more than $3 trillion in pandemic relief, the government confirmed on Tuesday, but appears to have lost mo...
Dec 22, 2020
Apple props up S&P, Nasdaq futures
By Ambar Warrick (Reuters) - Gains for Apple dragged S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures higher on Tuesday, buoyed by signs it was set to push into car production, as investors worried about the threat of a ne...
Dec 22, 2020
Confusion reigns as companies, industries try to navigate U.S. COVID-19 vaccine rollout
By Tina Bellon NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. companies and industry groups trying to move their workers to the front of the line for a COVID-19 vaccine remain confused about conflicting state and local gu...
Dec 22, 2020
Some U.S. Black pastors, key players in COVID education, are hesitating to push vaccine
By Gabriella Borter and Makini Brice NEW YORK (Reuters) - When a major healthcare organization asked A.R. Bernard, the Black head of a Brooklyn megachurch, to sit on a committee tasked with boosting a...
Dec 22, 2020
Analysis-U.S. shale oil just had its worst year and the pain could bleed into 2021
By Jennifer Hiller and Devika Krishna Kumar HOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas shares and drilling activity are edging higher, but a disastrous year for the energy industry means the go-go ...
Dec 22, 2020
Kremlin mocks foe Navalny over alleged underwear poison plot
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Tuesday mocked opposition politician Alexei Navalny and tried to call his sanity into question, a day after he said he had tricked a Russian secret agent into disclos...
Dec 22, 2020
EU’s Barnier to update member states on Brexit trade talks at 1500 GMT – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, will update the bloc's 27 national envoys on the latest on Brexit at 1500 GMT on Tuesday, with disagreements over fishing r...
Dec 22, 2020
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