Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Fauci expects tens of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses at start of 2021
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drug manufacturers will likely have tens of millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine in the early part of next year, with production ramping up so that it hits a billion doses...
Aug 05, 2020
Washington, D.C., police union sues to block reform bill, saying was not negotiated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's police union on Wednesday sued the District of Columbia, seeking to block part of a police reform law passed after a nationwide wave of protests over police brutali...
Aug 05, 2020
U.S. court allows Dakota Access pipeline to keep running, permit status unclear
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said that the Dakota Access Pipeline does not have to be shut and drained per a lower court order. However, U.S. regulatory officials may still have to is...
Aug 05, 2020
U.S. Justice Department asks court to block California net neutrality law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday asked a federal judge to block California's net neutrality law, arguing the state action is preempted by federal action. The move came a...
Aug 05, 2020
CDC says some sickened after swallowing hand sanitizer
(Reuters) - Fifteen cases of methanol poisoning caused by swallowing alcohol-based hand sanitizers were reported in Arizona and New Mexico in May and June, leading to four deaths, the U.S. Centers for...
Aug 05, 2020
Virginia touts nation’s first contact tracing app with Apple-Google tech
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Virginia on Wednesday launched the first contact tracing app for the novel coronavirus in the United States that uses new technology from Apple Inc and Alpha...
Aug 05, 2020
U.S. pushes ahead with bid to extend Iran arms embargo though support unclear
By Michelle Nichols and Humeyra Pamuk NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is pushing ahead with its bid to extend an international arms embargo on Iran by way of a second draft U.N. Secu...
Aug 05, 2020
Obama-era official says Trump adviser Flynn tried to ‘neutralize’ Russia sanctions
By Mark Hosenball and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The No. 2 Justice Department official under President Barack Obama told Congress that before President Donald Trump's inauguration, his nati...
Aug 05, 2020
Trump, Biden face muted U.S. political conventions amid coronavirus
By Doina Chiacu and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed accepting the Republican Party's presidential nomination in a speech from the White House, prompt...
Aug 05, 2020
Exclusive: 16 Republican senators back new payroll assistance to U.S. airlines – letter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 16 Senate Republicans on Wednesday backed extending a $25 billion payroll assistance program for U.S. airlines who have warned they may be forced to cut tens of thous...
Aug 05, 2020
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