Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
New York accuses Amazon of backsliding over worker safety, seeks monitor
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state's attorney general on Tuesday asked a state judge to appoint a monitor to oversee worker safety at an Amazon.com Inc fulfillment center in New Y...
Nov 30, 2021
Celebrity surgeon Dr. Oz jumps into Pennsylvania U.S. Senate contest
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz on Tuesday said he would mount a Republican bid for a U.S. Senate seat for Pennsylvania, shaking up what could be one of the...
Nov 30, 2021
U.S. judge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for contractors in three states
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the U.S. government from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccination mandate on government contractors in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee, the second legal...
Nov 30, 2021
National Guard who refuse to get vaccinated could lose funding- Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday that the Pentagon will not fund National Guard troops who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The Pentagon made the va...
Nov 30, 2021
New York City opens first U.S. sites for supervised narcotics injection
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - The first sites in the United States that allow narcotics users to inject drugs under the supervision of trained staff opened in New York City on Tuesday, a move ...
Nov 30, 2021
Michigan high school shooting leaves at least 3 dead – Sheriff
(Reuters) - At least three people were killed and six others wounded on Tuesday in a shooting at a high school in Oxford, Michigan, about 35 miles (55 km) north of Detroit, an Oakland County Sheriff's...
Nov 30, 2021
Rhode Islander charged with Jan. 6 U.S. attack on police using table leg
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors have filed felony charges against a Rhode Island man who investigators allege used a wooden table leg to attack police guarding the U.S. Capitol du...
Nov 30, 2021
White House confident Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ can pass before Christmas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is confident that the nearly $2 trillion "Build Back Better" spending plan that includes U.S. President Joe Biden's social and climate agenda can pass Congress b...
Nov 30, 2021
White House says work toward waiving COVID-19 vaccine intellectual property rights continues
ABROAD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday the Biden administration is continuing to work on building a consensus toward waving intellectual property rights...
Nov 30, 2021
At least 4 hurt in shooting at Michigan high school, suspect in custody -report
(Reuters) - At least four people were injured in a shooting inside a high school in Oxford, Michigan, a local television station said, citing the Oakland County sheriff. Oxford High School was placed ...
Nov 30, 2021
