Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Eight confirmed dead, eight missing at Kentucky candle factory – company spokesperson
(Reuters) - Eight people were confirmed dead and eight were still missing on Sunday at the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, where 110 employees were working when it was...
Dec 12, 2021
Kentucky governor requests major disaster declaration -FEMA chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kentucky's governor on Sunday asked the federal government to declare the aftermath of tornadoes that have devastated the state a major federal disaster, the head of U.S. disast...
Dec 12, 2021
Amazon driver died in bathroom sheltering from tornado with colleagues
(Corrects name in third paragraph to McEwen) By Richa Naidu EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (Reuters) - Amazon cargo driver Austin J. McEwen, 26, was an only child who loved to listen to rapper Mac Miller and hunt...
Dec 12, 2021
Explainer-Why tornadoes are so difficult to predict
(Reuters) - After a string of powerful tornados struck the U.S. Midwest https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/devastated-kentucky-tornado-survivors-pick-through-debris-shelter-with-relatives-202...
Dec 12, 2021
Chris Wallace to leave Fox News after 18 years
(Reuters) - "Fox News Sunday" anchor Chris Wallace said that he will leave Fox News, after 18 years with the network. "I want to try something new, to go beyond politics to all the things I'm interest...
Dec 12, 2021
Fauci says three shots of COVID-19 vaccine is ‘optimal care’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine is the "optimal care" but two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccines or one of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine remains the U.S. governm...
Dec 12, 2021
‘I’ve got towns that are gone,’ Kentucky Governor Beshear says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said on Sunday that widespread damage is making rescue efforts a challenge in his state after tornadoes swept through the region two days ago. "I'...
Dec 12, 2021
U.S. COVID-19 deaths approach 800,000 as Delta ravaged in 2021
By Roshan Abraham and Aparupa Mazumder (Reuters) - The United States on Sunday was approaching 800,000 coronavirus-related deaths, as the nation braces for a potential surge in infections due to more ...
Dec 12, 2021
Devastated Kentucky tornado survivors pick through debris, shelter with relatives
By Cheney Orr and Gabriella Borter MAYFIELD, Ky. (Reuters) - Kentucky residents, many without power, gas or even a roof over their heads, woke on Sunday to a landscape scarred by a string of powerful ...
Dec 12, 2021
California governor pushes for gun laws modeled on Texas abortion ban
(Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom said he plans to use a controversial U.S. Supreme Court ruling on strict abortion curbs in Texas to design a law that would allow private citizens to sue s...
Dec 12, 2021
