Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Britain gets ready for roll-out of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine this week
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is preparing to become the first country to roll out the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week, initially making the shot available at hospitals before distributing sto...
Dec 05, 2020
Higher blood sugar tied to COVID-19 death risk; rise in U.S. overdose deaths may have pandemic link
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Dec 05, 2020
Most of California to be under stay-at-home orders as COVID-19 surges
By Sharon Bernstein Sacramento, Calif. (Reuters) - California's two most densely inhabited regions and its agricultural breadbasket will be under stay-at-home orders by Sunday night as the COVID-19 pa...
Dec 05, 2020
Miami’s art week takes on new look as galleries, artists get creative
MIAMI (Reuters) - For almost two decades the first week of December in Miami has been synonymous with artists, art fairs, champagne-soaked parties, pop up installations, an explosion of new graffiti, ...
Dec 05, 2020
Kia recalls 295,000 U.S. vehicles for fire risks
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kia Motors Corp said on Saturday it is recalling 295,000 U.S. vehicles for engine fire risks. The Korean automaker said the recall covers some 2012-2013 mode...
Dec 05, 2020
Fighting flares in Ethiopia’s Tigray as army says closing in on rebellious force
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Bombing, looting and skirmishes persisted in parts of Ethiopia's Tigray on Saturday, a rebellious force in the northern region said after government troops declared they were w...
Dec 05, 2020
Bezos says Blue Origin will take the first woman to moon’s surface
(Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin will take the first woman to the moon's surface, the billionaire said on Friday as NASA nears a decision to pick its first privately built lunar lande...
Dec 05, 2020
Firefighters battle blaze at Magellan Corpus Christi, Texas, tank farm: local media
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Firefighters were battling a fire on Saturday morning at the Magellan Midstream Partners petroleum storage tank farm in Corpus Christi, Texas, according to local media reports. (Re...
Dec 05, 2020
U.S. Appeals Court rejects bid to block Georgia win for Biden
By Tom Hals and Makini Brice (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Saturday rejected a bid by a conservative lawyer to block President-elect Joe Biden's victory in Georgia and left in place procedure...
Dec 05, 2020
China, U.S. need to proceed together with ‘good will’: Chinese envoy
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States need to proceed together with "good will" to improve relations, the Chinese ambassador to Washington said on Saturday, as ties remained fraught between ...
Dec 05, 2020
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