Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Treasury confirms SolarWinds hack as more officials blame Russia
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. secretary of the Treasury on Monday publicly confirmed that his department had been breached - more than a week after Reuters first reported the hack....
Dec 21, 2020
‘Better than nothing’- the U.S. $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus helps but underwhelms
By Ann Saphir and Jonnelle Marte The $900 billion pandemic aid package expected to win Congressional approval on Monday will deliver support to a recession-ravaged economy slowing under a deadly coron...
Dec 21, 2020
British Airways will screen JFK-bound passengers for coronavirus, New York governor says
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) -British Airways has agreed to allow only passengers who test negative for the novel coronavirus to fly to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, New Yo...
Dec 21, 2020
Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii’s Big Island, residents urged indoors
(Reuters) -The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island erupted on Sunday night, according to an advisory from the U.S. Geological Survey, followed by an earthquake that struck at the volcano's south fl...
Dec 21, 2020
Barr: no plans to appoint special counsel in Hunter Biden probe
By Mark Hosenball and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday he has no plans to appoint a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden, son of Preside...
Dec 21, 2020
Statue of civil rights pioneer Barbara Johns to replace Confederacy’s Lee in U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A statue of Black civil rights activist Barbara Johns, who played a key role in the desegregation of the public school system, will be installed in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, off...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. charges Libyan man in 1988 Pam Am Flight 103 bombing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday unsealed criminal charges against another suspect in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland that killed 270 people, most of t...
Dec 21, 2020
Factbox-What’s in the U.S. COVID-19 bill? Unemployment, $600 checks, ‘three martini lunch’ deduction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. congressional leaders said on Sunday they had reached agreement on a $900 billion package to provide the first new aid in months to an economy hammered by the novel coronavi...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. House panel subpoenas health chief, CDC head over COVID-19 response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of a U.S. House Oversight Committee panel on COVID-19 on Monday issued subpoenas to two top Trump administration health officials over accusations of political interfer...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. drivers log 380 billion fewer miles through October
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. drivers logged 8.8% fewer miles in October as millions of Americans continue to work from home and avoid travel and tourism destinations amid the coronavirus pandemic. The ...
Dec 21, 2020
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