Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
One in three Americans aged 65 and above has got COVID-19 booster shot: CDC
(Reuters) - One in three Americans aged 65 and above has received a COVID-19 booster shot, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed on Friday. The country had administered ...
Nov 12, 2021
Some states expand booster availability beyond federal recommendations
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hard hit by rising cases and hospitalizations, officials in Colorado and California this week have directed healthcare providers to make COVID-19 vaccine boost...
Nov 12, 2021
Los Angeles judge terminates Britney Spears conservatorship
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles judge on Friday ended the conservatorship that has ruled the life of pop star Britney Spears since 2008. "Effective today the conservatorship of the person and es...
Nov 12, 2021
Oklahoma brings religious bias suit over Catholic hospitals’ COVID vaccine mandate
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Oklahoma sued Ascension Healthcare on Friday because the Roman Catholic hospital operator's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees allegedly violated the state's laws against r...
Nov 12, 2021
Amazon worker group in New York withdraws petition to organize union
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A group of Amazon workers in New York City's Staten Island has withdrawn a petition to organize a union, a spokeswoman for the U.S. National Labor Relations Board confirmed o...
Nov 12, 2021
Exclusive-Chinese embassy lobbies U.S. business to oppose China bills – sources
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China has been pushing U.S. executives, companies and business groups in recent weeks to fight against China-related bills in the U.S. Congress, four sources ...
Nov 12, 2021
Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant Zervos ends lawsuit against Donald Trump
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Summer Zervos, a former contestant on "The Apprentice" who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her, has ended her defamation lawsuit against the former U.S. president, her ...
Nov 12, 2021
Biden says supplies of petroleum sufficient to reduce amount purchased from Iran
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said in a memo to the State Department on Friday that there were sufficient supplies of petroleum to allow a "significant reduction" in the amount purchased from I...
Nov 12, 2021
Trump adviser Bannon criminally charged for defying Jan. 6 subpoena
By Jan Wolfe and Mark Hosenball (Reuters) -Stephen Bannon, a prominent adviser to former U.S. President Donald Trump, has been criminally charged for defying a subpoena issued by a congressional commi...
Nov 12, 2021
Entrepreneur who flew to space with Shatner dies in plane crash, CBS reports
(Reuters) -Glen de Vries, a businessman who flew to space last month with actor William Shatner aboard a craft operated by Jeff Bezos's company Blue Origin, died in a small plane crash in New Jersey, ...
Nov 12, 2021
