Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Teva fueled opioid addiction in New York, jury finds
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd fueled opioid addiction in New York state, a jury found on Thursday, a setback for a company still facing thousands of other ...
Dec 30, 2021
Experts warn Omicron ‘blizzard’ to disrupt U.S. for next month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health experts on Thursday warned Americans that a rising tide of COVID-19 cases led by the Omicron variant threatens major disruptions to their lives, from schools to shop...
Dec 30, 2021
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall in Christmas week
(Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, the Labor Department said on Thursday, data that showed no impact yet on employment from the surge in U....
Dec 30, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell faces high legal bar in bid to overturn sex abuse conviction, experts say
By Luc Cohen and Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is going to appeal her conviction https://www.reuters.com/world/us/maxwell-jury-resume-deliberations-after-jud...
Dec 30, 2021
COVID-19 hospitalization surge among U.S. children spurs new Omicron concerns
By Carl O'Donnell and Ahmed Aboulenein NEW YORK (Reuters) - Within weeks, the Omicron variant has fueled thousands of new COVID-19 hospitalizations among U.S. children, raising new concerns about how ...
Dec 30, 2021
South Africa’s anti-apartheid hero Tutu to lie in state at St.George’s Cathedral
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The body of South Africa's anti-apartheid theologian, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, arrived at Cape Town's St George's Cathedral on Thursday morning, where it will lie in state for tw...
Dec 30, 2021
Exclusive-U.S. NIH research hospital delays elective surgeries as Omicron wave hits
By Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new wave of COVID-19 infections driven by the Omicron variant is forcing the U.S. National Institutes of Health to postpone elective surgeries at the largest ...
Dec 29, 2021
Biden asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear ‘Remain in Mexico’ case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court whether it needed to continue to implement a Trump-era policy that forced tens of thousands of migrants to wai...
Dec 29, 2021
Explainer-What happens after Ghislaine Maxwell’s guilty verdict?
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell on Wednesday was convicted of recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual encounters with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein ...
Dec 29, 2021
Reactions to Ghislaine Maxwell guilty verdict
(Reuters) - Lawyers reacted to the news British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty by a U.S. jury on Wednesday of helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. U.S...
Dec 29, 2021
