Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. judge upholds United Airlines’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees
By Tom Hals and Rajesh Kumar Singh (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge on Monday ruled that United Airlines Holdings Inc can impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on its employees that only provides unpaid le...
Nov 08, 2021
Macy’s to lift minimum wage to $15 an hour as labor market tightens
(Reuters) - Macy's Inc will raise the minimum wage of its more than 100,000 U.S. employees to $15 an hour by May, the department store chain said on Monday, as retailers fight to hire and retain worke...
Nov 08, 2021
Girl rescued in U.S. after using TikTok domestic violence hand signal
(Reuters) - A 16-year-old girl was rescued in Kentucky after using a hand gesture she learned on social media app TikTok to signal to motorists that she was in trouble, the Laurel County Sheriff's Off...
Nov 08, 2021
Explainer – Who could be held liable for deadly Houston concert?
By Luc Cohen and Thomas Rowe (Reuters) - More than a dozen lawsuits have been filed and a criminal investigation has been opened after eight people died and hundreds were injured in an apparent crowd ...
Nov 08, 2021
Exclusive-Boeing U.S. worker vaccine exemption requests top 11,000 -sources
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - The number of Boeing Co employees seeking a vaccine exemption on religious or medical grounds has reached more than 11,000 - or nearly 9% of its U.S. workforce -...
Nov 08, 2021
U.S. says two foreign nationals indicted for trafficking ivory, rhinoceros horn
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Two people from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been arrested in the United States and indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly trafficking elephant ivory and...
Nov 08, 2021
U.S. SEC names attorney Erica Williams to chair public accounting watchdog
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday named defense attorney Erica Williams as chair of the nation's public accounting watchdog. The SEC ...
Nov 08, 2021
U.S. looks to coax tourists back after long restrictions
By David Shepardson CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Biden administration said Monday it is awarding $314 million in grants to 34 states and the District of Columbia to revitalize travel and tourism -- two ind...
Nov 08, 2021
Trump allies Flynn, Miller, Eastman, others subpoenaed by Jan. 6 committee
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. congressional committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol issued subpoenas seeking documents and testimony from six associates of Rep...
Nov 08, 2021
NASA-SpaceX crew begins return voyage from International Space Station
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Four astronauts who arrived at the International Space Station in April for a long-duration science mission began their return voyage to Earth on Monday as their SpaceX Cre...
Nov 08, 2021
