Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Biden to sign $1 trillion infrastructure bill on Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will sign a bipartisan infrastructure bill on Monday at a ceremony that will include members of Congress who helped write the legislation, the White Hou...
Nov 10, 2021
U.S. administers 434.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States had administered 434,486,889 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 541,361,525 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Nov 10, 2021
Arizona man to plead guilty to fentanyl distribution in connection with rapper Mac Miller’s death
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An Arizona man accused of supplying the counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl that rapper Mac Miller took before his death has agreed to plead to a single federal charge, prose...
Nov 10, 2021
Washington, D.C., strikes deal with Justice Dept to improve jail conditions
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The city of Washington has reached an agreement with the U.S Marshals Service to improve its jail facility, after a surprise federal inspection last month unco...
Nov 10, 2021
Tesla was traveling at high speed before fatal Florida crash -NTSB
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said a Tesla Model 3 involved in a fatal Sept. 13 crash in Coral Gables was traveling at a high rate of speed before it crashed i...
Nov 10, 2021
U.S. teacher of immigrant children lands $1 million global educator prize
PARIS (Reuters) - The Global Teacher Prize, an annual accolade worth $1 million (865,000 euros), was awarded on Wednesday to high school teacher Keishia Thorpe, who has devoted her career to teaching ...
Nov 10, 2021
U.S. to allow pork plants to operate faster in trial program
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday that some pork plants can apply to operate faster processing-line speeds under a one-year trial, after a federal judge ended a ...
Nov 10, 2021
U.S. sues Uber over alleged discrimination against disabled
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday sued Uber Technologies Inc over allegations of overcharging people with disabilities, asking a federal court to order the company to com...
Nov 10, 2021
U.S. FTC to consider study on supply chain concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will vote next week on whether it will study if supply chain disruptions have affected competition, the agency said in a statement describing t...
Nov 10, 2021
Santa Fe official disputes sabotage theory in Baldwin movie set shooting
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Santa Fe District Attorney on Wednesday said there was no proof that someone deliberately put a live round into the gun used by Alec Baldwin when he accidentally shot dead ...
Nov 10, 2021
