Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Harvard professor charged with lying about China ties faces trial
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A Harvard University nanotechnology professor faces trial on Tuesday on U.S. charges that he lied to authorities about his ties to a China-run recruitment program an...
Dec 14, 2021
Analysis-Murdoch emails loom large in billion-dollar election lawsuits against Fox News
By Helen Coster and Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Did Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch influence Fox News' coverage of claims about two voting technology companies - knowing that those claims were false? That has b...
Dec 14, 2021
NASA’s Webb telescope promises an ‘amazing journey’ for astronomy
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was finished years late at a cost far higher than planned, but NASA's James Webb Space Telescope due for launch next week may usher in a new era in astronomy a...
Dec 14, 2021
U.S. FTC, states to take Shkreli to trial over price hike
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and several states are set to take Vyera Pharmaceuticals founder Martin Shkreli to trial on Tuesday for trying to block generi...
Dec 14, 2021
U.S. storms make 2021 one of most costly on record for insurers, Swiss Re says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The wrath of Hurricane Ida and Texas freezes made 2021 one of the costliest years on record for insurers, Swiss Re said on Tuesday, as populations and industry grapple with the p...
Dec 14, 2021
Blinken says just 16% of U.S. ambassadors confirmed as of last week
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that not having a full national security on the ground was a huge problem and that as of last week, only 16% of America's ambassadors...
Dec 14, 2021
U.S. court rejects bid to end Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ border policy
By Mica Rosenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday rejected a renewed attempt by the Biden administration to end a policy put in place by former President Donald Trump that forced t...
Dec 13, 2021
Biden approves federal assistance for Tennessee – White House
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday approved federal assistance for Tennessee and ordered that state and local response efforts be supplemented after a swarm of tornadoes struck the region ...
Dec 13, 2021
Truck driver sentenced to 110 years for fiery Colorado crash that killed 4
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado judge on Monday reluctantly sentenced a Texas truck driver to 110 years in prison following his conviction for vehicular homicide when his semi-trailer c...
Dec 13, 2021
U.S. says antitrust suit challenging air alliance should advance
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department said on Monday a judge should reject a bid by American Airlines and JetBlue Airways Corp to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit over their "N...
Dec 13, 2021
