Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden to tap Brenda Mallory to lead White House environment council -sources
(Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden is expected to pick Brenda Mallory, current head of regulatory affairs at the green advocacy group Southern Environmental Law Center, to lead the White House Coun...
Dec 16, 2020
Winter storm set to deliver disruptive blow to U.S. Northeast
By Peter Szekely NEW YORK (Reuters) - A major winter storm was making its way up the U.S. East Coast on Wednesday, ready to deliver a disruptive blow to the region, with up to 2 feet (60 cm) of snow i...
Dec 16, 2020
MLB gives 1920-1948 Negro Leagues ‘Major League’ status
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball (MLB) is elevating the Negro Leagues of 1920 through 1948 to "Major League" status, MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred said Wednesday, calling the move a correction of "...
Dec 16, 2020
Top U.S. health official says Pfizer may be facing challenges manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines
(Reuters) - U.S. officials are working with Pfizer Inc to help maximize production capacity for its COVID-19 vaccine after the drugmaker told them that it may be facing production challenges, U.S. Sec...
Dec 16, 2020
Families of kidnapped Nigerian boys fear time running out
By Afolabi Sotunde KANKARA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Families of more than 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolboys worried they may be brainwashed or held for years as security forces continued the hunt on Wedne...
Dec 16, 2020
Associate of 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack gang found guilty of terrorism-related offences
PARIS (Reuters) - A French court on Wednesday convicted Hayat Boumeddiene, the former partner of an Islamist militant who killed four people in a 2015 attack on a Jewish supermarket, of terrorism-rela...
Dec 16, 2020
U.S. HHS to give $4.5 billion more to pandemic-hit healthcare providers
By Reuters Staff (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Wednesday it would add $4.5 billion in funding for frontline healthcare providers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Dec 16, 2020
State Dept says Pompeo to quarantine after contact with COVID-positive person
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has come into contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus and will be quarantining although he has tested negative, the U.S....
Dec 16, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court takes up NCAA appeal over benefit limits for college athletes
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a bid by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to defend its limits on education-related compensatio...
Dec 16, 2020
U.S. COVID-19 deaths soar as vaccinations grow
(Reuters) - Daily U.S. deaths from COVID-19 surpassed 3,000 for the third time in a week as the country expanded its vaccination program and the U.S. Congress progressed toward approving financial rel...
Dec 16, 2020
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