Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. CDC investigating nearly 70 cruise ships hit by COVID-19 cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday it was investigating nearly 70 cruise ships after reports of COVID-19 cases on board, as the Omicron variant upended holi...
Dec 27, 2021
U.S. President Biden signs $770 billion defense bill
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, for fiscal year 2022, that authorizes $770 billion in defense spending, the White House said on Mo...
Dec 27, 2021
Biden, governors to meet as states brace for holiday Omicron spike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and his White House COVID-19 response team planned to meet on Monday with the group representing the country's governors as the Omicron variant spread a...
Dec 27, 2021
Rising Omicron cases disrupt air travel, 800 more flights canceled
(Reuters) - U.S. airlines canceled about 800 more flights on Monday after nixing thousands of flights during the Christmas holiday weekend, as Omicron cases across the country rise, forcing crews to i...
Dec 27, 2021
FACTBOX-Five facts about naturalist E.O. Wilson
(Reuters) - Here are five facts about American biologist, naturalist and environmentalist E.O. Wilson, hailed as the Darwin of the 21st century, who died on Sunday at age 92 : * A young Wilson lost mo...
Dec 27, 2021
Jury to resume deliberations in Ghislaine Maxwell sex abuse case
By Luc Cohen (Reuters) - The jury in British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's sex abuse trial is secheduled to resume deliberations on Monday, after breaking for a long weekend. Maxwell, 60, is accused o...
Dec 27, 2021
Modern-day Darwin, E.O. Wilson, dies at 92
By Kanupriya Kapoor SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Edward O. Wilson, a U.S. naturalist dubbed the "modern-day Darwin" died on Sunday at the age 92 in Massachusetts, his foundation said in a statement. Alongsid...
Dec 27, 2021
U.S. Rep. Jayapal asks Biden to continue focus on ‘Build Back Better’, urges executive action
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal, a leading liberal House Democrat, has asked President Joe Biden to continue focusing on his social spending legislation and urged him...
Dec 26, 2021
Omicron grounds hundreds more U.S. flights over Christmas weekend
By Humeyra Pamuk and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. airlines called off hundreds of flights for a third day in a row on Sunday as surging COVID-19 infections due to the highly transmissibl...
Dec 26, 2021
U.S. airlines scrap hundreds of Christmas Day flights due to Omicron
By Humeyra Pamuk and Joel Schectman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. airlines canceled close to 900 flights on Saturday, the second straight day of massive cancellations as surging COVID-19 infections have...
Dec 25, 2021
