Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Starbucks union store in Buffalo, New York is certified – NLRB
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) -Starbucks Corp will be headed to the bargaining table at its first officially unionized corporate-owned U.S. location after the National Labor Relations Board on Fri...
Dec 17, 2021
U.S. Postal Service, NAACP reach settlement on election mail
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and NAACP have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over election mail. USPS agreed for the 2022 mid-term congressional election to take the same ext...
Dec 17, 2021
U.S. schools boost security after online posts warn of Friday violence
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - U.S. schools and law enforcement authorities responded to vague warnings of violence at schools on Friday with bulletins to parents, heightened security and, in a few cases,...
Dec 17, 2021
U.S. offers $1.5 billion to help provide school meals during supply chain crunch
By Christopher Walljasper CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department is providing up to $1.5 billion to help school meal programs weather the supply chain crunch, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vi...
Dec 17, 2021
Minnesota ex-cop testifies at trial over killing of Daunte Wright
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Kimberly Potter, the white former Minnesota police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wright in April after claiming she mistook her handgun for her Taser, took the s...
Dec 17, 2021
‘I’m counting on you,’ Biden tells Black college grads in South Carolina
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden renewed pledges to protect voting rights and reform law enforcement at a commencement speech at South Carolina State University, a h...
Dec 17, 2021
CDC releases new guidance to allow children exposed to COVID-19 to attend school
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new strategy called 'test-to-stay' that allows unvaccinated children to stay in school even if they have been ex...
Dec 17, 2021
Roger Stone appears before January 6 committee, refuses to testify
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone appeared before a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol on Friday but said he refused to answer questi...
Dec 17, 2021
White House: U.S. will be in touch soon on Putin’s security demands
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is prepared to discuss security matters with Russia and will be in touch soon on Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposals, a White House official said on F...
Dec 17, 2021
More than 240 pro-migrant groups urge Biden to end Trump-era border policies
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 240 pro-migrant organizations urged President Joe Biden on Friday to terminate two border policies that block or reduce access to asylum in the United St...
Dec 17, 2021
