Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Pets displaced by Kentucky tornado find safe haven in local shelter
By Aleksandra Michalka and Alan Duvall MAYFIELD, Ky. (Reuters) - As survivors of the tornado that tore through Mayfield, Kentucky, last week come to grips with their losses, the Humane Society is focu...
Dec 16, 2021
Soccer-Horan named US ‘Female Player of the Year’
(Reuters) - Midfielder Lindsey Horan was named U.S. Soccer's Female Player of the Year, the national soccer federation said on Thursday. The versatile Horan scored six goals and had five assists and h...
Dec 16, 2021
Biden administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to lift lower courts hold on vaccine mandate
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift rulings by two lower courts that put the president's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare worke...
Dec 16, 2021
Judge tosses deal shielding Purdue’s Sackler family from opioid claims
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge has thrown out a settlement that would have shielded the Sackler family, which owned OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, from future lawsuits over op...
Dec 16, 2021
Biden signals Build Back Better may be delayed until next year
By Steve Holland and Eric Beech WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday appeared to acknowledge that his Build Back Better spending bill may not pass Congress in the remaining weeks...
Dec 16, 2021
U.S. Senate parliamentarian rejects Democrats’ immigration proposal in Build Back Better bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate parliamentarian has rejected the inclusion of Democrats' proposal to grant work permits to millions of immigrants who have been living in the United States illeg...
Dec 16, 2021
Fox News loses bid to dismiss Dominion’s defamation lawsuit on election coverage
By Jan Wolfe and Helen Coster WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Fox News Network on Thursday lost its attempt to dismiss a $1.6 billion lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems Inc, a voting machine company tha...
Dec 16, 2021
Search warrant issued for actor Alec Baldwin’s phone – New Mexico court documents
(Reuters) - A search warrant has been issued for actor Alec Baldwin's phone in the investigation of October's fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the New Mexico set of his Western movie "Rust," doc...
Dec 16, 2021
U.S. Senate backs Biden nominee Burns to be ambassador to China
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. Senate on Thursday backed the confirmation of President Joe Biden's nomination of Nicholas Burns to be ambassador to China, positioni...
Dec 16, 2021
U.S. House Jan. 6 probe subpoenas Trump adviser who reportedly prepared PowerPoint
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot said on Thursday it had issued a subpoena for records and testimony from ...
Dec 16, 2021
