Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
White House unveils faster plan to eliminate lead pipes, paint
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration announced a new plan on Thursday to speed the elimination of all lead pipes and lead paint over the next 10 years, removing a powerful toxin known to ha...
Dec 16, 2021
Biden met virtually with U.S. senators to discuss voting rights bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met virtually with lawmakers in the U.S. Senate to discuss the voting rights bill on Thursday, White House spokesperson Kari...
Dec 16, 2021
U.S. FDA to allow abortion pill by mail permanently
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said that it would permanently ease restrictions on a pill used to terminate early pregnancies, making it easier to obtain the med...
Dec 16, 2021
Workers sue tornado-hit Kentucky candle factory, say they were forced to stay
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Workers at a Kentucky candle factory that was destroyed by a tornado last week have filed a lawsuit claiming supervisors threatened to fire employees who left work as the...
Dec 16, 2021
Liquor distribution exec gets six weeks in prison in U.S. college scandal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - The chief executive of a liquor distribution company was sentenced on Thursday to six weeks in prison for paying $575,000 to rig her son's college entrance exam and ...
Dec 16, 2021
Deaths at Travis Scott concert in Houston were accidental, medical examiner says
HOUSTON (Reuters) -The deaths of 10 people at a Houston rap concert in November were accidental, the Harris County medical examiner ruled on Thursday. A stampede of fans at rap star Travis Scott's Ast...
Dec 16, 2021
U.S. FTC votes to begin creating rule to ban government, business impersonation fraud
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to begin work on a rule that would prohibit scam artists from impersonating government agencies or well-known com...
Dec 16, 2021
Gun makers challenge New York law allowing lawsuits against industry
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A group of gun manufacturers, distributors and retailers on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a New York law that allows the state and people af...
Dec 16, 2021
Trump ally Stone to invoke right against self-incrimination at Jan. 6 panel – lawyer
By Jan Wolfe and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone will invoke the constitutional protection against self-incrimination during an interview on Friday w...
Dec 16, 2021
Kentucky survivors vow to rebuild ‘junkyard’ left by tornado
By Rod Nickel and Cheney Orr MAYFIELD, Ky. (Reuters) - Six days after a monstrous tornado descended on Mayfield, the devastated Kentucky city is still without power, its streets dark and dangerous whe...
Dec 16, 2021
