Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Amid resistance, California imposes strict stay-at-home orders
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California compelled much of the state to close shop and stay at home on Monday, when some of the harshest coronavirus restrictions in the United States came in...
Dec 07, 2020
Vaccine airlift delivers shot in the arm for airlines
By Laurence Frost, Tracy Rucinski and Jamie Freed PARIS/CHICAGO/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Airlines battered by COVID-19 are prepping for key roles in the mass vaccine rollout that promises to unlock an immed...
Dec 07, 2020
U.S. green groups say honeymoon is over, turn up heat on Biden
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. environmental groups that poured money and effort behind Democrat Joe Biden's successful run for president are shifting to a new more adversarial role ...
Dec 07, 2020
Futures ease as Sino-U.S. tensions heat up, fiscal deal awaited
By Shriya Ramakrishnan (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pulled back from record levels on Monday as fresh Sino-U.S. tensions over Hong Kong dented sentiment, while investors also awaited concrete ...
Dec 07, 2020
Pandemic’s uneven march across U.S. paved way for wider outbreak
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nine months after the U.S. government declared a state of emergency to fight the coronavirus pandemic, daily deaths and new infections are breaking records, ...
Dec 07, 2020
Bolsonaro turns to military allies to set Brazil’s coronavirus vaccine policy
By Gabriel Stargardter and Anthony Boadle RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's leader Jair Bolsonaro is moving to assert control of the nation's independent health regulator, Anvisa, a move some health...
Dec 07, 2020
U.S. Congress closes in on COVID-19 aid bill as funding deadline looms
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. Congress are expected as early as Monday to unveil bipartisan legislation to send a long-awaited infusion of federal aid to American families...
Dec 07, 2020
Biden picks Becerra as health secretary as he builds team to battle COVID-19
By Trevor Hunnicutt WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden will nominate California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for secretary of health and human services as soon as Monday, a sour...
Dec 07, 2020
Iran says ‘smart satellite-controlled machine gun’ killed top nuclear scientist
DUBAI (Reuters) - The killing of Iran's top nuclear scientist last month was carried out remotely with artificial intelligence and a machine gun equipped with a "satellite-controlled smart system", Ta...
Dec 07, 2020
Michigan Secretary of State says armed protesters gathered outside her home
(Reuters) - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said dozens of armed protesters gathered in a threatening manner outside her home on Saturday evening chanting "bogus" claims about electoral fra...
Dec 07, 2020
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