Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. offers to dismiss Ghislaine Maxwell perjury case if sex abuse conviction stands
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government is prepared to dismiss two perjury charges against Ghislaine Maxwell if her conviction for aiding Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuses is allowe...
Jan 10, 2022
Actress Betty White died of stroke suffered 6 days earlier
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The cause of actress Betty White's death on New Year's Eve, at age 99, was a stroke she had suffered nearly a week earlier, a copy of the performer's death certificate posted o...
Jan 10, 2022
Biden administration to scrap Trump plan for wider Alaska oil drilling
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The Biden administration announced on Monday that it will reverse a Trump-era policy that opened up vast swathes of Arctic Alaska land to new oil developm...
Jan 10, 2022
U.S. reports at least 1.1 million COVID cases in a day, shattering global record
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - The United States reported at least 1.13 million new coronavirus infections on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, the highest daily total of any country in the world as...
Jan 10, 2022
U.S. police search for EU official missing from Washington canal path
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Park Police searched for a European Union official for a fifth day on Monday after she went missing from a canal tow path area just outside Washington, D.C....
Jan 10, 2022
Gambian, Bronx communities rally to help New York fire victims
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - Volunteers at the Gambian Youth Organization headquarters, located a few blocks from the apartment building where a weekend fire killed 17 people, sorted through ...
Jan 10, 2022
U.S. man recovering after ‘breakthrough’ pig-heart transplant
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. man with terminal heart disease was implanted with a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind surgery, and three days later the patient is ...
Jan 10, 2022
Union wins representation at second Starbucks store in New York
(Reuters) - A second Starbucks Corp location in Buffalo, New York has become unionized after the federal labor board on Monday certified the results of last month's election there. The company has 10 ...
Jan 10, 2022
Insurers will cover 8 at-home COVID tests per person each month – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Insurance companies will be required to cover eight over-the-counter at-home coronavirus tests per person each month, the Biden administration said on Monday, expanding access t...
Jan 10, 2022
U.S. Mint rolls out quarters featuring late author, activist Maya Angelou
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The U.S. Mint has started rolling out quarters which feature late American author and activist Maya Angelou, the first Black woman to appear on the coin. The coin is part...
Jan 10, 2022
