Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Sidney Poitier, first Black actor to win best actor Academy Award, dies at 94 -Bahamian official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sidney Poitier, who broke through racial barriers as the first Black winner of the best actor Oscar for his role in "Lilies of the Field," and inspired a generation during the c...
Jan 07, 2022
Biden administration signs first contract for COVID test kits -official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration has signed the first contract involving the 500 million rapid COVID-19 tests that it plans to distribute for free to Americans who request them, an offi...
Jan 07, 2022
Winter storm in eastern U.S. shuts schools, cancels flights
By Susan Heavey and Brendan O'Brien WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A winter storm dumped more than a half a foot of snow in parts of the eastern United States on Friday, forcing schools and federal government...
Jan 07, 2022
In reversal, Georgia joins $26 billion U.S. opioid settlement
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The state of Georgia has decided to join a proposed $26 billion nationwide settlement resolving lawsuits alleging that three large drug distributors and the drugmaker Johnso...
Jan 07, 2022
CDC chief says U.S. COVID cases likely have not yet peaked
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Omicron-driven surge in U.S. COVID-19 cases has likely not topped out yet, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday as schools, hospitals and...
Jan 07, 2022
Overwhelmed by Omicron surge, U.S. hospitals delay surgeries
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hospitals across the United States are postponing elective surgeries to free up staff and beds due to a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the highly transmis...
Jan 07, 2022
Analysis-No guarantee of new Maxwell trial after juror’s revelations, experts say
By Luc Cohen and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - The possible failure of a juror in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial to disclose that he was a victim of sexual abuse may not be enough to overturn the Bri...
Jan 07, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to halt Biden vaccine mandates
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday is set to consider requests by Republican state officials and business groups to block President Joe Biden's...
Jan 07, 2022
Exclusive-Congressional watchdog warns U.S. health agency unprepared to take over COVID vaccine program
By Marisa Taylor and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) appears unprepared to assume full responsibility for the nation's COVID-19 vaccine progr...
Jan 07, 2022
Three men to be sentenced to life in prison for Ahmaud Arbery murder
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - The three white men who were convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man running through their coastal Georgia neighborhood in 2020, are due to be sentenced to life...
Jan 07, 2022
