Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. COVID-19 vaccination drive heads to nursing homes
By Carl O'Donnell and Richa Naidu (Reuters) - The U.S. government and two of the nation's largest pharmacy chains kick off a nationwide campaign to vaccinate nursing home residents against COVID-19 on...
Dec 21, 2020
Biden to receive coronavirus vaccine on Monday as U.S. inoculation effort mounts
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden plans to publicly receive a COVID-19 vaccine injection on Monday in an effort to boost confidence in its safety ahead of its w...
Dec 21, 2020
Big Tech’s stealth push to influence the Biden administration
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Silicon Valley is working behind the scenes to secure senior roles for tech allies in lesser-known but still vital parts of president-elect Joe Biden's administr...
Dec 21, 2020
After months of delay, Congress to vote on massive coronavirus aid package
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After months of inaction, the U.S. Congress was poised on Monday to vote on a $900 billion stimulus package that would provide new assistance for individuals an...
Dec 21, 2020
Sacklers cited fear of OxyContin lawsuits before transferring $10 billion from their company, documents show
By Mike Spector, Chad Terhune and Lisa Girion NEW YORK (Reuters) - Members of the wealthy Sackler family, owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP, have long denied that the $10 billion they transfe...
Dec 21, 2020
UK cut off from Europe over fears about new COVID strain
DOVER, England (Reuters) - The United Kingdom was on Monday shut off from much of Europe after its closest allies cut transport ties due to fears about a new strain of the coronavirus, sowing chaos fo...
Dec 21, 2020
Asia monitoring new UK strain, no flights cancelled yet
By Sayantani Ghosh SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Battling their own surges in coronavirus cases, Asian nations including Japan and South Korea said they were closely monitoring a new super virulent strain of ...
Dec 21, 2020
Tesla debuts into S&P after frantic Friday trading
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc will on Monday make its much anticipated debut into the benchmark S&P 500 index, after rising to a record high on Friday in a frantic day of trading. The company, headed by billi...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. Senate votes to extend government funding to avoid shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted unanimously on Sunday to extend federal funding through Dec. 21 to avoid a government shutdown, giving lawmakers more time to pass a $900 billion COVID-19 ...
Dec 20, 2020
Amazon shuts New Jersey facility till Dec. 26 as virus cases rise among workers
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Sunday it had closed one of its warehouses in New Jersey out of caution till Dec. 26, after seeing an increase in asymptomatic positive cases amongst workers. "Throu...
Dec 20, 2020
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