Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Florida to feed starving manatees in rare conservation move
By Julio-Cesar Chavez (Reuters) - Starving manatees will soon be fed by hand in Florida, a rare wildfire intervention to save the marine mammals whose natural food is vanishing from the effects of pol...
Dec 07, 2021
U.S. Congress includes $300 million for Ukraine, addresses China in massive defense bill
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers included a range of efforts to push back against Russia and China in a massive annual defense bill released on Tuesday, including $300 million...
Dec 07, 2021
Fauci says early evidence points to Omicron being more transmissible but less severe
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Preliminary evidence indicates that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus likely has a higher degree of transmissibility but is less severe...
Dec 07, 2021
Senate confirms Rosenworcel to new term on U.S. FCC
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted 68-31 on Tuesday to confirm Federal Communications Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel to a new five-year term with the telecom regula...
Dec 07, 2021
U.S. House bill introduced containing expedited procedure to raise debt ceiling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill was introduced Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives to speed up passage of a debt ceiling increase by circumventing procedural delays in the Senate. The legislati...
Dec 07, 2021
U.S. judge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for federal contractors
(Reuters) - A U.S. District Court judge in issued nationwide injunction against a Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandate on federal contractors and subcontractors for the duration of the litiga...
Dec 07, 2021
Elizabeth Holmes to resume testimony as fraud trial nears end
By Jody Godoy SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) - Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is expected to face further cross-examination on Tuesday at her trial on charges of defrauding patients and investors in th...
Dec 07, 2021
U.S. judge sets July 18 date for ex-Trump adviser Bannon to face contempt charges
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump's longtime former adviser Steve Bannon will go to trial on July 18 to face criminal charges over his defiance of a congressional ...
Dec 07, 2021
Deluge triggers flood watches in Hawaii as more rain expected in western islands
(Reuters) - Hawaii prepared for more rainfall on Tuesday after the Pacific island chain was beset with torrential downpours that caused flooding, triggered landslide warnings and prompted the state to...
Dec 07, 2021
U.S. SEC chair Gensler says new climate risk rules will require companies to detail, measure commitments to mitigating climate change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) told an audience of public company executives on Tuesday that its pending climate risk disclosure rules will requir...
Dec 07, 2021
