Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
GE mandates COVID-19 vaccines for U.S. workers
CHICAGO (Reuters) - General Electric Co has asked its U.S.-based workers to get COVID-19 shots or seek a medical or religious accommodation by Dec. 8 in order to comply with U.S. President Joe Biden's...
Oct 19, 2021
It’s not Kanye, it’s Ye, after judge approves name change
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Kanye West has won legal approval to officially shorten his name to Ye. The 44-year-old musician, record producer and fashion entrepreneur has used Ye as his Twitter han...
Oct 19, 2021
Philadelphia subway riders watched rape but did nothing, police say
(Reuters) -The rape of a woman aboard a Philadelphia subway could have been stopped quickly if as many as 10 fellow passengers aiming their cell phones at the attacker had used them to call 911, polic...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. workers face layoffs as U.S COVID-19 vaccine mandates kick in
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Thousands of unvaccinated workers across the United States are facing potential job losses as a growing number of states, cities and private companies start to enforce mand...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. road travel rose 8.3% in August as driving rebounds from pandemic levels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. motorists drove 8.3% more miles in August versus the same month a year ago as driving continues to recover from pandemic lows and more Americans returned to offices and too...
Oct 19, 2021
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine highly protective in 12-18 age group – U.S. CDC study
(Reuters) - The Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine was 93% effective in preventing hospitalizations among those aged 12 to 18, according to an analysis released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Co...
Oct 19, 2021
Democratic divide over spending priorities tests Biden’s deal-making skills
By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's much-vaunted decades of congressional experience face a serious test in days ahead, as he tries to corral warring D...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. Treasury’s Yellen says Democrats propose $10,000 IRS bank reporting threshold
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday she welcomed a new proposal from congressional Democrats to raise the bank account transaction reporting threshold to the In...
Oct 19, 2021
Senior U.S. House Democrat favors giving Treasury Secretary power on debt limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday said he would support allowing the U.S. Treasury secretary to unilaterally extend the limit on federal borrowing, ...
Oct 19, 2021
FBI raids Russian billionaire Deripaska’s home in Washington -NBC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI is conducting "law enforcement activity" at Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska's home in Washington, NBC News reported on Tuesday, citing a spokesperson for the U.S. law enf...
Oct 19, 2021
