Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. Rep. Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend testifies in sex-trafficking probe -NBC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Representative Matt Gaetz's former girlfriend testified before a federal grand jury on Wednesday amid an ongoing probe into whether the lawmaker trafficked a minor fo...
Jan 12, 2022
AstraZeneca says U.S. to buy additional 500,000 Evusheld doses
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca said on Wednesday the U.S. government has agreed to purchase an additional 500,000 doses of its antibody cocktail Evusheld used to treat COVID-19. The company said the delivery...
Jan 12, 2022
U.S. EPA to review general aviation lead emissions risks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will announce on Wednesday it will again review whether emissions from piston-engine aircraft operating on leaded fuel contribute ...
Jan 12, 2022
U.S. states restricting voting rights would disappoint Martin Luther King, daughter says
By Temis Tormo (Reuters) - Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter says she believes the slain civil-rights leader would have been disappointed with efforts playing out in some parts of the United States to...
Jan 12, 2022
Biden to meet with Senate Democrats on voting rights Thursday -aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will attend a Senate Democratic lunch on Thursday to discuss the party's push to enact voting rights legislation and possible changes to Senate rules, a...
Jan 12, 2022
U.S. COVID hospitalizations up about 33%, deaths up about 40% over past week -CDC chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States are up by about 33% over the past week and deaths are up about 40%, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...
Jan 12, 2022
U.S. pushes forward on clean energy with plan for record offshore wind sale
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday outlined a range of measures to speed the growth of clean energy on the U.S. power grid, including the government's largest ever sale...
Jan 12, 2022
Exclusive-Biden weighing cuts to 2022 ethanol blending mandate proposal- sources
By Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) - The Biden administration is considering lowering the 2022 ethanol blending mandate below the proposed 15 billion gallons amid backlash from the oil r...
Jan 12, 2022
White House taps Inglesby as COVID testing coordinator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has tapped Dr. Tom Inglesby, the former director of Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, to lead the government's COVID-19 testing initiative, press secreta...
Jan 12, 2022
U.S. awards $105 million to remove hazards from low-income homes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday awarded $105 million in grants to nonprofit groups and state and local governments in 29 states to protect children and families from home ...
Jan 12, 2022
