Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Investigators still seeking key answers in Alec Baldwin shooting case
By Lisa Richwine SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) - Authorities investigating the movie-set shooting by Alec Baldwin will ask for a ballistics analysis they hope will help answer the key question of what type...
Oct 25, 2021
New York City police union files lawsuit to block vaccine mandate
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - New York City's police union filed a lawsuit on Monday against a vaccine mandate for municipal workers ordered last week by Mayor Bill de Blasio. The mayor on Wednesday o...
Oct 25, 2021
Pressure mounts for ban on real guns in Hollywood after Baldwin set tragedy
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The fatal shooting accident on the set of an Alec Baldwin movie has prompted calls for a ban on the use of real guns in TV shows and movies, with two producers...
Oct 25, 2021
Factbox-Why a viral video is key evidence in trial of men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Jury selection is under way in the trial of three white men charged with killing Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery, 25, in a suburb of Brunswick, Georgia, in February 2020. Here are...
Oct 25, 2021
U.S. State Department to establish new cyber bureau led by ambassador
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Monday it plans to establish a bureau of cyberspace and digital policy that will be led by a Senate-confirmed ambassador at large, spokesperson...
Oct 25, 2021
U.S. gets consent decree in harassment suit against owners of Minneapolis rental properties
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said it obtained a consent decree with Reese Pfeiffer and several other defendants to resolve allegations that Pfeiffer violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by s...
Oct 25, 2021
Conviction of Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ should be thrown out, lawyer argues
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman urged a U.S. appeals court on Monday to overturn the Mexican drug kingpin's conviction, citing juror misconduct and the ...
Oct 25, 2021
Biden issuing new order lifting COVID-19 travel restrictions, imposing vaccine rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is issuing an order on Monday imposing new vaccine requirements for most foreign nationals traveling to the United States by air effective Nov. 8, the W...
Oct 25, 2021
Soros ‘supportive’ of expected Democrat plan to tax billionaire unrealized gains – spokesperson
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire George Soros is "supportive" of the expected plan by U.S. Democrats to tax unrealized gains held by the country's roughly 700 billionaires, his spokes...
Oct 25, 2021
Exclusive-U.S. Treasury names former JP Morgan executive as racial equity czar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has named Janis Bowdler, a Latina activist and former head of the philanthropic arm of JP Morgan Chase, as the first-ever counselor for raci...
Oct 25, 2021
