Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Subsiding Delta wave seen boosting U.S. job growth; worker shortages still a constraint
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth likely accelerated in October as the headwind from the surge in COVID-19 infections over the summer subsided, offering more evidence that econo...
Nov 04, 2021
Former USC athletic official to plead guilty in U.S. college admissions scandal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former senior associate athletic director at the University of Southern California has agreed to plead guilty to participating in a vast fraud and bribery scheme t...
Nov 04, 2021
Oregon nurses union sets November 15 strike deadline against Kaiser Permanente
By Justin Yau PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Union leaders for 3,400 nurses and other medical staff at Kaiser Permanente in Oregon set a Nov. 15 strike deadline on Thursday, threatening a walkout they sai...
Nov 04, 2021
Aaron Feuerstein dies at 95, paid idled workers after fire
BOSTON (Reuters) - Former Boston-area mill owner Aaron Feuerstein, who gained fame for paying workers idled after a fire in 1995, has died at the age of 95, his son Daniel Feuerstein said on Thursday....
Nov 04, 2021
U.S. House expected to vote on Biden infrastructure bills Friday – aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Friday on the Build Back Better Act, the reconciliation bill devoted to climate change and social programs, and the bipa...
Nov 04, 2021
Civil rights groups sue Tennessee for banning transgender athletes in school sports
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Civil rights groups sued on Thursday to challenge a law in Tennessee that restricts transgender students' participation in school sports, arguing that it is unconstitutio...
Nov 04, 2021
Olympics-USOPC must better recognise value of Black athletes: racial justice council
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) must do a better job of recognising the contribution and value of Black athletes, particularly at the elite level, ...
Nov 04, 2021
Virginia loss highlights some Democrats’ uncertainty over Biden strategy
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Jarrett Renshaw and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The political rebuke voters delivered to Democrats in Virginia has not given the White House second thoughts about Preside...
Nov 04, 2021
U.S. Justice Dept sues Texas over law curbing voting
By Sarah N. Lynch and Jan Wolfe (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Texas on Thursday over a state law that places strict curbs on voting by mail, in the latest effort by th...
Nov 04, 2021
U.S. judge sets Jan 4 for Prince Andrew to seek dismissal of sex abuse civil lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday scheduled a Jan. 4, 2022 hearing where lawyers for Britain's Prince Andrew are expected to argue for a dismissal of Virginia Giuffre's lawsuit accusing th...
Nov 04, 2021
