Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
New U.S. rule lets federal inmates earn credits for early release
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal inmates who successfully participate in recidivism-reduction programs will qualify for early release from prison under new rules unveiled on Thursday b...
Jan 13, 2022
Record 14 million Americans sign up for healthcare since enrollment start – govt
(Reuters) -A record 14.1 million Americans have signed up for health insurance since the start of the 2022 open enrollment period in November, the U.S. health department said on Thursday. The number i...
Jan 13, 2022
Exclusive-Biden directs U.S. to procure 500 million more COVID tests to meet demand-official
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is directing the U.S. government to procure an additional 500 million COVID-19 tests to help meet surging demand across the country amid th...
Jan 13, 2022
Blinken says U.S. working on Havana Syndrome after diplomats’ illnesses in Paris, Geneva
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States still does not know what the illness known as Havana Syndrome is or who is responsible for it, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview on T...
Jan 13, 2022
U.S. weather forecaster: La Niña conditions to continue into spring
(Reuters) - There is a 67% chance of La Nina conditions continuing during the Northern Hemisphere spring, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. The La Nia weather pattern, characteriz...
Jan 13, 2022
More U.S. medical teams to bolster states as Omicron surges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Another 1,000 federal health workers are deploying to six states to help alleviate overwhelmed hospitals amid the U.S. surge in Omicron-related COVID-19 cases, the White House s...
Jan 13, 2022
First new COVID-19 tests to arrive in schools week of Jan. 24 – White House
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. schools should receive the first additional COVID-19 rapid tests being made available by the federal government in about two weeks, a White House official ...
Jan 13, 2022
Biden to make personal plea to Democrats to unify and pass voting rights
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will seek to rally Senate Democrats in a meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday to unite and alter the chamber's rules to pass voting-rights le...
Jan 13, 2022
Prince Andrew’s legal team decline comment on U.S. court decision
LONDON (Reuters) -The legal team for Britain's Prince Andrew said on Thursday they would not be making any comment after his lawyers failed to persuade a U.S. judge to dismiss Virginia Giuffre's lawsu...
Jan 13, 2022
Human Rights Watch criticises Biden, others for weak defense of democracy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch on Thursday criticised U.S. President Joe Biden and other Western leaders for a weak defense of democracy and for failing to meet challenges from the clim...
Jan 12, 2022
