Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Colorado governor lowers 110-year sentence of truck driver in vehicular homicide case
DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Thursday commuted the 110-year sentence of a truck driver convicted of vehicular homicide, reducing the prison term to 10 years after prosecutors we...
Dec 30, 2021
Wet December stirs some hope for drought-stricken California
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Record snowfalls in the western United States that closed roads and caused flight delays have also brought some good news for drought-hit California on Thursday, with officia...
Dec 30, 2021
Sport-Surge in COVID-19 cases hammer North American sport
(Reuters) - The National Basketball Association and National Hockey League were both forced to postpone games on Thursday, as the COVID-19 surge continued to wreak havoc on sport schedules. The Golden...
Dec 30, 2021
How Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense failed to distance her from Epstein
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - During British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's trial on sex abuse charges, her lawyers argued she was a scapegoat for Jeffrey Epstein and attacked the credibility of fo...
Dec 30, 2021
Pentagon refines DC National Guard approval authority after Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday said the defense secretary would be the individual solely responsible for approving requests that would involve District of Columbia National Guard troo...
Dec 30, 2021
Jan. 6 panel urges U.S. high court to deny Trump bid to shield records
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to deny a request by former President Donald Trump to shiel...
Dec 30, 2021
Wind-driven wildfires prompt evacuation order for small Colorado town
DENVER (Reuters) - Wind-driven wildfires prompted an evacuation order on Thursday for the entire town of Superior, Colorado, a community of roughly 13,000 residents, according to Twitter feeds of the ...
Dec 30, 2021
U.S. ends case against Jeffrey Epstein’s jail guards
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors decided to end their criminal case against two Manhattan jail guards who admitted to falsifying records on the night the financier Jeffrey Eps...
Dec 30, 2021
Anti-vax community blasts Trump after pro-shot comments
By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - Former Republican President Donald Trump's recent comments touting COVID-19 vaccines as safe and a major achievement of his presidency have roiled extreme anti-vaxers, w...
Dec 30, 2021
Explosion reported at CSX facility in Baltimore; no injuries reported -Baltimore Sun
(Reuters) - Emergency officials were responding to an explosion at a CSX train facility in Baltimore on Thursday, the Baltimore Sun reported, adding that no injuries had been reported. (Reporting by T...
Dec 30, 2021
