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U.S. comedian Mort Sahl dead at age 94 – New York Times
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. comedian Mort Sahl, widely considered the father of modern political satire, has died at the age of 94, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The newspaper quoted a frie...
Oct 26, 2021
Criminal charges not ruled out in shooting on Alec Baldwin film – report
(Reuters) - Criminal charges have not been ruled out in a fatal accidental shooting by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of a western film, the local district attorney said on Tuesday. Santa Fe County Dis...
Oct 26, 2021
U.S. administers over 415 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 415,012,026 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Tuesday morning and distributed 504,584,715 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and P...
Oct 26, 2021
Details emerge on corporate minimum tax plan from U.S. Senate Democrats -CNBC
(Reuters) - Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday unveiled details of a plan to enact a 15% minimum corporate tax that is expected to apply to about 200 corporations, CNBC reported. It said the plan was...
Oct 26, 2021
U.S. Senate confirms Flake, McCain, Kennedy, Udall as ambassadors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate confirmed two former senators and the widows of two senators to high-level diplomatic posts on Tuesday, including former Republican Senator Jeff Flake as ambassa...
Oct 26, 2021
Iraq war veteran pleads guilty to attacking U.S. Capitol policeman on Jan. 6
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former National Guard member who served in Iraq pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a felony charge of assaulting a U.S. Capitol police officer during the Jan. 6 ri...
Oct 26, 2021
U.S. considering adding Israel, Romania, Bulgaria to visa waiver program
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Tuesday the United States is considering adding four countries to its visa waiver program that al...
Oct 26, 2021
U.S. FDA advisers vote in favor of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in young kids
(Reuters) - A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday voted to recommend the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine for children ages five to 11 years. (Repo...
Oct 26, 2021
White House says U.S. can have solar supplies and stand up for human rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday that the United States could have strong solar energy supply chains while standing up for human rights, follo...
Oct 26, 2021
TikTok tells U.S. lawmakers it does not give information to China’s government
By Diane Bartz and Sheila Dang WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An executive at social media app TikTok, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, denied during a U.S. congressional hearing on Tuesday that it has given...
Oct 26, 2021
