Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Kentucky rain turns more tornado survivors out of their homes
By Rod Nickel MAYFIELD, Kentucky (Reuters) - Jimmy Galbreath counted his blessings too soon. His home in Mayfield, Kentucky, was battered but not broken last week by a tornado, and the 62-year-old for...
Dec 17, 2021
White house says could pay double monthly child tax credit payments in February
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday that it could make double monthly child tax credit payments in February, if Democrats' spending plan to extend them doesn't pass Congress before y...
Dec 17, 2021
White House says committed to passing spending bill despite delays
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House will continue to push for the president's Build Back Better spending bill to be enacted, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Friday, ad...
Dec 17, 2021
White House says no new recommendations yet on COVID-19 amid Omicron spread
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - White House press secretary Jen Psaki said there are no new recommendations yet on COVID-19 amid the spread of the Omicron variant, adding that the administration is c...
Dec 17, 2021
White House has seen talks proposals from Russia, in contact with European allies
By Trevor Hunnicutt ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the United States has seen proposals from Russia to start talks that could help defuse the crisis over U...
Dec 17, 2021
U.N. concerned by reinstatement of Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ border policy
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Friday it was concerned by the reinstatement of a policy put in place by former President Donald Trump that forced tens of thousands of migrants to wait i...
Dec 17, 2021
Exclusive: California probes Google’s treatment of Black female workers
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - California's civil rights regulator is investigating Google's treatment of Black female workers following alleged incidents of harassment and discrimination, according to tw...
Dec 17, 2021
Biden farm debt relief plan to exclude thousands of minority farmers, data shows
By Leah Douglas and Christopher Walljasper WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The latest version of the Biden administration's plan to forgive billions of dollars in farm debt - initially targeted at farm...
Dec 17, 2021
Defense case in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial enters second day
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell's defense lawyers on Friday will once again attempt to persuade jurors in the British socialite's sex abuse trial that the accounts of her four accu...
Dec 17, 2021
Despite bonanza, aid trickles slowly to U.S. homeless students
By Daniel Trotta and Richard Cowan LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Frank Hardy, 18, has been homeless for the past eight years, moving in and out of shelters with his mom, or staying with his siste...
Dec 17, 2021
