Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Proud Boys leader wasn’t invited to White House, took public tour: spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said a leader of the far-right Proud Boys group who posted photos on social media outside the executive mansion on Saturday had not been invited and was instead ...
Dec 12, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 294,535 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 15,718,811 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 244,011 from its previous count, and said that the nu...
Dec 12, 2020
CDC advisory panel expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use
By Rebecca Spalding (Reuters) - A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel convened on Saturday to consider whether to recommend the nation's first COVID-19 vaccine. A vote would...
Dec 12, 2020
Trump lashes out at Supreme Court, Barr as efforts to overturn election fizzle
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump lambasted the Supreme Court on Saturday for declining to take a case he hoped would overturn President-elect Joe Biden's election victory an...
Dec 12, 2020
Gretzky rookie card sells for record $1.29 million
(Reuters) - NHL superstar Wayne Gretzky added another record to his long resume on Friday when The Great One's collectable card from his rookie season fetched $1.29 million at auction, becoming the fi...
Dec 12, 2020
Most Americans with allergies should be safe to get Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine: FDA
By Michael Erman (Reuters) - Top U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulators said on Saturday that most Americans with allergies should be safe to receive the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc...
Dec 12, 2020
U.S. poised to hit 16 million COVID cases within days even as vaccine begins rollout
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - The United States is poised to hit a record 16 million COVID-19 cases in the coming days and deaths are closing in on the 300,000 mark, even as millions of doses of a new vac...
Dec 12, 2020
U.S. approves use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for pilots, controllers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Saturday it had approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by pilots and air traffic controllers. The U.S. aviation ...
Dec 12, 2020
Apple CEO calls for stricter corporate, government climate goals at U.N. summit
(Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook on Saturday called on governments and businesses to implement stronger climate targets starting next year, during remarks at the United Nations' Climate ...
Dec 12, 2020
With COVID-19 vaccine ready for distribution, U.S. FDA’s Hahn ready for his shot
(Reuters) - With shots of Pfizer Inc.'s and BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine ready to be distributed after the United States authorized it on Friday, Food and Drug Administration head Stephen Hahn said ...
Dec 12, 2020
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