Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
NYC to limit classroom closures, prioritize ramped-up testing for schools
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - New York City will eliminate its current policy of quarantining entire classrooms exposed to the coronavirus and will instead prioritize a ramped-up testing program so th...
Dec 28, 2021
Explainer-What is known so far about deliberations in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jurors deliberating in the sexual abuse trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell in New York have so far sent several notes to U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan. ...
Dec 28, 2021
Trump, PGA reach settlement over golf club snub that followed U.S. Capitol siege
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump has resolved a dispute with the PGA of America over the golf association's decision earlier this year to pull a major professional tournamen...
Dec 28, 2021
Biden considers Raskin as top Fed banking regulator – WSJ
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is considering Sarah Bloom Raskin for a top role at the Federal Reserve as part of a slate of three nominees for central bank board seats, the Wall Street Journal r...
Dec 28, 2021
U.S. House panel eyes interim report by summer 2022 on Jan. 6 attack
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is aiming to release an interim report in the summer of 2022 and a final report in the f...
Dec 28, 2021
Omicron estimated to be 58.6% of coronavirus variants in U.S.- CDC
(Reuters) - The Omicron variant was estimated to be 58.6% of the coronavirus variants circulating in the United States for the week ending Dec. 25, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
Dec 28, 2021
Exclusive-California commission claims retailers violating plastic bag law
By Valerie Volcovici LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Big retailers are breaking California law and misleading consumers by selling plastic shopping bags bearing language and symbols that falsely suggest the b...
Dec 28, 2021
Analysis-With key positions filling up, Biden’s regulatory agenda to take shape in 2022
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Next year will be a turning point for U.S. financial policy as Democratic President Joe Biden's new regulators ready a slew of rule changes that are set to cre...
Dec 28, 2021
Jury to resume deliberations in Ghislaine Maxwell sex abuse trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The jury in British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's sex abuse trial was due to reconvene on Tuesday, following three full days of deliberations in which jurors have rev...
Dec 28, 2021
Magnitude 4.5 earthquake strikes Permian Basin – USGS
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 struck near Stanton in West Texas on Monday, the US Geological Survey reported. The quake struck at a depth of 7.8 km (4.8 miles), USGS said. The earthquake ...
Dec 27, 2021
