Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Jury selection to start in trial over killing of Black jogger in Georgia
By Rich McKay and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - The judge overseeing the trial of three white men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger, in Glynn County in coastal Georgia said potential j...
Oct 18, 2021
FBI involved in effort to recover U.S. missionaries kidnapped in Haiti – source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI will assist in the investigation and efforts to locate and free a group of U.S. Christian missionaries who have been kidnapped and are being held by a criminal gang in Ha...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. NTSB may ask transit agencies to check Kawasaki rail cars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday the agency may issue an urgent recommendation telling transit agencies to inspect Kawasaki train cars to...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. Trade Representative to go to Brussels, attend G7 trade ministers meeting in London
(Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Deputy Trade Representative Jayme White will travel to Brussels on Tuesday and then to London on Thursday to attend the G7 trade ministers meeti...
Oct 18, 2021
Biden administration moves to curtail toxic ‘forever chemicals’ – report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency said it will set enforceable limits on certain polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, in drinking water, The Washingto...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rules for police over excessive force claims
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted requests by police officers in separate cases from California and Oklahoma for legal protection under a doctrine called "qualified immunity" from l...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. manufacturing output declines in September
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Production at U.S. factories unexpectedly fell in September as motor vehicle output slumped amid an ongoing global shortage of semiconductors. Manufacturing output dropped 0.7% ...
Oct 18, 2021
Colin Powell, U.S. military leader and first Black Secretary of state, dies
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Colin Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants who rose to become the first Black U.S. secretary of state and top military officer but whose reputation was tainted ...
Oct 18, 2021
Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state, remembered as “phenomenal leader”
(Reuters) - Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state and top military officer, died on Monday at the age of 84 due to complications from COVID-19. He was fully vaccinated, his family said...
Oct 18, 2021
Ex- joint chiefs of staff Powell dies of COVID complications -Facebook post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Colin Powell, a former U.S. secretary of state and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, 84, died of complications from COVID-19 on Monday, according to his Facebook page. He ...
Oct 18, 2021
