Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Factbox: Roads, bridges and airports: details of Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives was poised on Friday to vote on a bill that would boost spending on roads, bridges, broadband and other transportation infrastructure, a center...
Nov 05, 2021
Florida, others sue to block Biden administration vaccine mandate
(Reuters) - The states of Florida, Georgia and Alabama filed a lawsuit in the 11th U.S. Circuit of Appeals on Friday seeking to block the Biden Administration's vaccine mandate, which was unveiled on ...
Nov 05, 2021
Factbox: What’s in Biden’s $1.75 trillion ‘Build Back Better’ package?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives was expected to vote Friday on a sweeping, $1.75 trillion social-policy and climate package that accounts for much of Dem...
Nov 05, 2021
Grandmother and grandson finally to meet as U.S. flights reopen
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - For over a year Bhavna Patel has watched her first grandchild grow via FaceTime, talking to him in New York every day while the U.S. travel restrictions prevented her...
Nov 05, 2021
Biden’s sweeping infrastructure, social spending bills finally get a vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives were poised on Friday to adopt the centerpiece of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda: a $1.75 trillion social policy and climat...
Nov 05, 2021
Kroger says press release announcing acceptance of bitcoin cash is fake
(Reuters) -A spokesperson for Kroger Co said on Friday a press release saying the grocer would accept "bitcoin cash" this holiday season is fraudulent. The release appeared on Kroger's investor relati...
Nov 05, 2021
Pfizer says antiviral pill cuts risk of severe COVID-19 by 89%
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -A trial of Pfizer Inc's experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults...
Nov 05, 2021
Murder or self-defense? Jury to begin hearing case in killing of Ahmaud Arbery
By Rich McKay and Jonathan Allen BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - In a trial that will scrutinize citizen's arrest laws, an almost all-white Georgia jury will hear opening arguments on Friday in the case of...
Nov 05, 2021
Republican governors lead attack on Biden vaccine mandate
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Republican governors are expected to sue on Friday to stop the Biden administration's requirement that nearly 2 million U.S. employers get workers tested or vaccinated for COVI...
Nov 05, 2021
U.S. Secretary of State says Ethiopia conflict must end and peace negotiations start
NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday the fighting in Ethiopia had to end and peace negotiations should start immediately without any preconditions. "The conflict i...
Nov 05, 2021
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