Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
New York City union reaches agreement on vaccine mandate with NYC administration
(Reuters) - New York City's public-sector employee union District Council 37 and the administration of its Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday reached an agreement on a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for over ...
Nov 04, 2021
Explainer: The legal challenges awaiting Biden’s vaccine mandate
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Business groups, state attorneys general and religious organizations have promised swift court challenges to try to block the vaccine-and-testing mandate unveiled on Thursday b...
Nov 04, 2021
Trace of THC in Ahmaud Arbery’s blood will not be disclosed to jury, U.S. judge rules
By Jonathan Allen BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - A Georgia judge ruled on Thursday that the jury in the trial of three white men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger, will not see a toxico...
Nov 04, 2021
U.S. governors explore state-level way to expand biofuel sales
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. governors sent a letter to the Biden administration on Thursday to ask for guidance on an action that could expand sales of a fuel wi...
Nov 04, 2021
Juror dismissed in Rittenhouse trial for joke about Jacob Blake shooting
(Reuters) - The judge in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse dismissed a juror on Thursday because he told a joke about the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man whose shooting by a police officer had sparke...
Nov 04, 2021
Russian analyst who helped compile Steele dossier arrested in U.S. probe – New York Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Igor Danchenko, a Russian analyst who helped compile the so-called Steele dossier, was arrested on Thursday as part of a U.S. special counsel probe into the origins of the FBI's...
Nov 04, 2021
New U.S. COVID testing/vaccine rule excludes outdoor workers
(Reuters) - A new U.S. workplace rule that requires tens of millions of Americans to get vaccinated for COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing will exclude employees who work exclusively outdoors, accor...
Nov 04, 2021
Biden’s vaccine mandate to be enforced after the New Year, offering U.S. companies relief
By Nandita Bose, David Shepardson and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will begin enforcing his mandate that private-sector workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be test...
Nov 04, 2021
U.S. FAA refers 37 unruly airline passengers to FBI for criminal review
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday it has referred more than three dozen unruly passengers to the FBI for potential criminal prosecution...
Nov 04, 2021
COVID-19 fading as dominant political issue as Americans focus on inflation, economy: Poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans are increasingly turning away from the coronavirus and focusing their attention elsewhere, especially toward rising consumer prices and other economic area...
Nov 04, 2021
