Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Analysis-After another stunning U.S. stock market year, investors wonder how much gas is left
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. stock market is set to deliver a three-peat of stellar annual returns, but chances of a similar performance in 2022 may be threatened by a more hawkish...
Dec 23, 2021
U.S. congresswoman carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia park
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The FBI and police mounted a search for two men suspected of robbing U.S. Representative Mary Gay Scanlon of her automobile at gunpoint on Wednesday in a Philadelphia park ...
Dec 22, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court to take up Biden vaccine mandate cases
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to take up disputes over the Biden administration's nationwide vaccine-or-testing COVID-19 mandate for large busines...
Dec 22, 2021
U.S. military landlord pleads guilty to fraud, resolving probe – Justice Dept.
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said it resolved probes into Balfour Beatty Communities, one of the U.S. military's largest private landlords, after it pleaded guilty on Wedn...
Dec 22, 2021
James Franco admits sleeping with students, says he had sex addiction
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-nominated actor James Franco has acknowledged sleeping with students of an acting school he previously ran, saying he struggled with a sex addiction and ...
Dec 22, 2021
Proud Boys member pleads guilty to conspiring to obstruct Congress on Jan. 6
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A member of the far-right Proud Boys group pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy and obstructing Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's election on...
Dec 22, 2021
Manchin’s West Virginia worst in the nation for power reliability
By Nichola Groom and Tim McLaughlin (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin has said one of the reasons he can't support President Joe Biden's sweeping climate and social spending bill was that its incen...
Dec 22, 2021
Biden: 250,000 treatment courses of Pfizer anti-viral due in January
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that 250,000 treatment courses of Pfizer's newly authorized COVID-19 anti-viral drug will be available in January from the 10 million courses the...
Dec 22, 2021
U.S. seven-day average of COVID-19 cases up 25% – CDC director
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The seven-day average of COVID-19 cases in the United States increased by 25% from the previous week to about 149,300 cases per day, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...
Dec 22, 2021
U.S. testing struggles to keep up with Omicron
By Carl O'Donnell and Ahmed Aboulenein NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A surge in U.S. COVID-19 cases from the Omicron variant is overwhelming testing capacity in high-infection areas like New York Ci...
Dec 22, 2021
