Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
New York City’s new mayor inherits steep challenges with crime, COVID-19 recovery
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Eric Adams, the next mayor of New York City, has his work cut out for him. The largest U.S. city is in the midst of a halting recovery from a coronavirus pandemic that killed ...
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U.S. woman who aided Bali ‘suitcase’ murder arrested in Chicago
(Reuters) - An American woman deported from Indonesia after serving prison time for her role in her mother's 2014 "suitcase" murder was arrested on Wednesday on conspiracy charges when her plane arriv...
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Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey wins a second term – city election results
(Reuters) -Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey won a second term in Tuesday's election, emerging from a crowded field of candidates after a tumultuous year dominated by the aftermath of George Floyd's murder...
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Some parents eager, others unsure as COVID-19 shot approved for kids
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - As soon as Anna Weber Kneitel learned San Francisco Bay Area pharmacies had opened appointments for COVID-19 vaccines for young children, she booked the closest one she...
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U.S. Labor Dept vaccine and testing mandate coming in days -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department will issue its national COVID-19 vaccine and testing rule for large employers in the coming few days, White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff...
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U.K. man implicated in Twitter hacking charged in NY with cryptocurrency theft
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.K. man previously charged in the United States with involvement in the hacking of politicians' and celebrities' Twitter accounts was charged on Wednesday o...
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FBI believes U.S. faces equal threats from domestic extremists and Islamic State -official
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement and security agencies believe domestic extremists, notably white supremacists, pose a violent threat in the United States similar to that ...
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Attorney for ‘Rust’ armorer suggests sabotage on Baldwin set
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A lawyer for the armorer who oversaw weapons used on the "Rust" movie set suggested Wednesday that someone deliberately put a live round into the gun used by A...
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Jury expected to be impaneled in Georgia trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s killing
By Jonathan Allen BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - A jury was expected to be impaneled on Wednesday in the murder trial of three white men who chased and fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery, a young Black man who we...
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Explainer-What is in the new Biden plan to reduce U.S. drug prices?
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats promised voters sweeping drug price reform in their signature social spending bill, but agreed to move ahea...
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