Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. suicide hotline 988 is set to go live, but many states may not be ready
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - In just six months, 988 goes live as the shortcut to call or text the U.S. suicide hotline at a time when the pandemic is ramping up the need for mental health...
Jan 14, 2022
Analysis-U.S. built ‘textbook’ case of sedition charges for Capitol attack -legal experts
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors appear to have proceeded carefully in bringing sedition charges against 11 people linked to a far-right militia who took part in the deadly 2021 attack on the...
Jan 14, 2022
Exhausted parents navigate a patchwork of U.S. school COVID-19 policies
By Sharon Bernstein and Joseph Ax SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Jennifer Pierre speaks for millions of American parents when she sums up how it feels to navigate a patchwork of school COVID-19 polici...
Jan 14, 2022
Biden to lift spending on bridges as part of infrastructure drive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will trumpet his administration's plans to spend $27 billion fixing thousands of U.S. bridges on Friday, the latest roll-out associated with the $1 trillion ...
Jan 14, 2022
Biden nominates Raskin, Cook, Jefferson to Fed Board
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has picked former Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin as the Fed's vice chair of supervision and two Black economists - Lisa Cook and Philip Jef...
Jan 13, 2022
California governor denies parole to RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan
(Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday he has denied parole to Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian refugee serving a life sentence for assassinating U.S. presidential candidate Rober...
Jan 13, 2022
‘A bloody and desperate fight:’ U.S. prosecutors release Oath Keepers’ communications
(Reuters) - Here are excerpts of communications that Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, had with his allies in the run-up to and after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. ...
Jan 13, 2022
Baltimore state’s attorney indicted on federal charges
(Reuters) - Baltimore state's attorney Marilyn Mosby was indicted on Thursday on federal charges of perjury and filing false loan applications, court documents showed Mosby, a Democrat who was elected...
Jan 13, 2022
Biden administration says it has procured 380 million COVID-19 tests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration has procured about 380 million of the first tranche of COVID-19 tests that it plans to make available to Americans grappling with the highly infectious ...
Jan 13, 2022
U.S. House Select Committee probing Jan 6 attack subpoenas social media giants
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Select Committee probing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol subpoenaed social media giants Meta, Alphabet, Twitter and Reddit on Thursday, seeking information about...
Jan 13, 2022
