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U.S. administers 428 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 428,006,540 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 531,287,645 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Nov 05, 2021
Barclays subpoenaed by U.S. Virgin Islands over Epstein ties
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Virgin Islands has asked British bank Barclays to hand over information related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the bank said on Friday. Barclays rece...
Nov 05, 2021
U.S. working to secure doses of new COVID pills – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is working to secure millions of doses of new Pfizer and Merck pills intended to prevent severe illness from COVID-19, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-P...
Nov 05, 2021
Husband of U.S. transportation secretary says infant son out of hospital
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, said on Friday that the couple's infant son Gus had been released from the hospital and had been ...
Nov 05, 2021
Former USC athletic official pleads guilty ahead of U.S. college scam trial
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former senior associate athletic director at the University of Southern California pleaded guilty on Friday to participating in a vast fraud and bribery scheme tha...
Nov 05, 2021
Local governments scramble on U.S. home rental aid after ‘use it or lose it’ order
By David Lawder BETHLEHEM, Pa. (Reuters) - Dozens of state and local governments are scrambling to explain how they plan to distribute billions of dollars in home rental aid funds in coming months as ...
Nov 05, 2021
U.S. sets goal to drive down cost of removing CO2 from atmosphere
By Timothy Gardner (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Friday set a goal for driving down the cost of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, as part of a U.S. plan to decarb...
Nov 05, 2021
Man killed by Rittenhouse challenged group to shoot him, used racial slur – witness
By Nathan Layne KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - A witness in the trial of U.S. teenager Kyle Rittenhouse said on Friday that one of the two protesters killed that night was acting aggressively and repeatedl...
Nov 05, 2021
Biden says U.S. has secured doses of new Pfizer COVID pill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Friday that the United States has secured millions of doses of Pfizer Inc's experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 in case it turns out to be an ef...
Nov 05, 2021
Blinken names two officials to lead U.S. response to Havana Syndrome cases
By David Brunnstrom and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday named two new officials to coordinate Washington's response to so-called Havana Syndrome heal...
Nov 05, 2021
