Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
New York City to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all public employees – WSJ
(Reuters) - New York City will require that all of its municipal workforce get vaccinated against COVID-19, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to announce an ord...
Oct 20, 2021
Accused Florida school shooter set to plead guilty in 2018 Parkland massacre
(Reuters) - Accused shooter Nikolas Cruz is expected to appear in a Florida courtroom on Wednesday to plead guilty to killing 17 students and faculty in Parkland, Florida, a 2018 attack that was the d...
Oct 20, 2021
U.S. Senate Republicans poised to stop Democrats’ voting rights bill
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday will try for the third time this year to advance a voting rights bill aimed at thwarting new balloting restrictions passed in...
Oct 20, 2021
U.S. naval nuclear engineer, wife due in court on espionage charges
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Wednesday are expected to ask a judge to jail a former U.S. Navy nuclear engineer and his wife while they await trial on charges they attempt...
Oct 20, 2021
Biden heads to birthplace to tout infrastructure, spending packages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden heads to his birthplace of Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday to tout his social spending and infrastructure packages as fellow Democrats in Washingto...
Oct 20, 2021
Parkland school massacre victims reach $25 million settlement with district -media
(Reuters) - Families of the victims of the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, have reached a $25 million settlement with the Broward County school district, according to media reports. The agr...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. House committee backs contempt report on Trump aide Bannon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol voted unanimously on Tuesday in favor of contempt-of-Congress charges against Steve Bannon, a lon...
Oct 19, 2021
Ex-Giuliani associates’ donation prompted probe at pro-Trump group, official testifies
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A $325,000 donation by a company run by two former associates of Rudy Giuliani triggered an internal inquiry at a group supporting former President Donald Trump, a fo...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient
By Nancy Lapid NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient's immune system, a potentially major adv...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. Senate panel to hold new hearing on social media impact on young users
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will hold an Oct. 26 hearing with tech firms Snap's Snapchat, TikTok, and Alphabet's YouTube about their platforms' impact on young users, a p...
Oct 19, 2021
