Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
After delay, NASA astronauts set for spacewalk to replace faulty space station antenna
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Two NASA astronauts were set to embark on a spacewalk on Thursday to replace a faulty antenna on the International Space Station (ISS), after a 48-hour delay prompted by an...
Dec 01, 2021
U.S. VP Harris’ chief spokesperson Sanders to leave her office – Axios
(Reuters) - Symone Sanders, senior adviser and chief spokesperson to U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, is leaving the VP's office by the end of this year, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing White Ho...
Dec 01, 2021
California couple to plead guilty in U.S. college admissions scandal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A California doctor and his wife have agreed to plead guilty to participating in a sprawling U.S. college admissions fraud scheme by paying $25,000 to rig their son'...
Dec 01, 2021
Planned Parenthood’s Los Angeles clinics hit by ransomware; patient data stolen
(Reuters) - Planned Parenthood's Los Angeles clinics suffered a ransomware attack in October and personal information of 400,000 patients was stolen, a spokesperson for the women's reproductive health...
Dec 01, 2021
‘What will be, will be’: New York City tourists unfazed by Omicron
By Roselle Chen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The holiday season promises peak travel cheer in New York, with more visitors on the streets and in stores, but the emergence of the heavily mutated Omicron corona...
Dec 01, 2021
White House celebrates first Hanukkah with Jewish spouse of vice president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday presided over the first White House Hanukkah celebration with the Jewish spouse of a vice president, commemorating the Festival of Lights w...
Dec 01, 2021
U.S. House committee recommends contempt charge for Trump-era Justice Dept official
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. congressional committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol voted on Wednesday in favor of contempt of Congress https://www.reuters.com...
Dec 01, 2021
Trial begins in challenge to California women on boards law
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - Opening statements got underway on Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging the legality of California's law requiring publicly held companies to include women on their boards, a c...
Dec 01, 2021
Exclusive-U.S. to extend transit mask mandate through mid-March — sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration will extend requirements for travelers to wear masks on airplanes, trains and buses and at airports and train stations through mid-March to ...
Dec 01, 2021
Colorado Secretary of State warns of ‘slow motion’ Jan. 6 happening now
By Jeff Mason and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans face unprecedented barriers to having their voices heard in the upcoming 2022 and 2024 elections, Colorado Secretary of State Jena ...
Dec 01, 2021
