Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
China surprises U.S. with hypersonic missile test, FT reports
BEIJING (Reuters) - China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August, showing a capability that caught U.S. intelligence by surprise, the Financial Times reported, citing five unnamed sourc...
Oct 17, 2021
Russia scrambles fighter jet to escort U.S. military plane – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet has been scrambled to escort a U.S. B-1B strategic bomber over the Sea of Japan, TASS news agency reported on Sunday citing the Russian military, just d...
Oct 17, 2021
Seventeen U.S. missionaries and family kidnapped in Haiti – NYT
(Reuters) - As many as 17 American Christian missionaries and their family members were kidnapped on Saturday by gang members in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince, the New York Times reported, citing ...
Oct 16, 2021
Hollywood film-crew union reaches tentative deal, averting strike
By Lisa Richwine and Bhargav Acharya LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A union that represents about 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers in film and television reached a tentative deal with producers on Saturday, ...
Oct 16, 2021
Former U.S. President Clinton making progress but will remain in hospital
(Reuters) -Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will remain overnight in a Southern California hospital following a urological infection, but he has continued to make "excellent progress" and is expecte...
Oct 16, 2021
Texas trucker convicted in fiery, fatal crash in Rocky Mountains
By KEITH COFFMAN (Reuters) - A Texas truck driver who lost control of his semi-trailer along a Colorado mountain highway in 2019, ramming into stopped traffic and killing four people in a fiery crash,...
Oct 16, 2021
Convicted murderer Robert Durst has COVID, is on ventilator -LA Times
(Reuters) - Real estate heir Robert Durst, who was sentenced this week to life in prison for murdering a friend in 2000, has COVID and is on a ventilator, his lawyer told the Los Angeles Times. Durst,...
Oct 16, 2021
U.S. Senator Manchin slams Bernie Sanders in battle over Biden spending plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Senator Joe Manchin from West Virginia slammed fellow lawmaker Bernie Sanders late Friday over his attempts to garner support for President Joe Biden's multi-tri...
Oct 16, 2021
Biden to attend memorial service honoring U.S. law enforcement officers
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend a memorial service on Saturday at the United States Capitol to honor law enforcement officers who lost ...
Oct 16, 2021
Trump-backed challengers to Republican lawmakers lag in fundraising
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four candidates backed by Donald Trump to challenge Republican lawmakers who voted to impeach him or boot him from office are falling behind in raising money for ...
Oct 15, 2021
