Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. should not have charged former Boeing chief technical pilot -lawyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Boeing chief technical pilot should not have been charged with fraud by U.S prosecutors and is not responsible for two fatal 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people, his...
Oct 15, 2021
U.S. FDA considering lowering recommended age for Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 boosters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top U.S. Food and Drug Administration official said on Friday that the agency is considering lowering the recommended age for who should receive booster shots of the Pfizer/BioN...
Oct 15, 2021
Accused U.S. Capitol rioter threatened his children, prosecutors say
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Texas man charged with participating in the deadly Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot by supporters of former President Donald Trump threatened his teenage son and dau...
Oct 15, 2021
U.S. administers 406.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 406,570,875 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 493,139,295 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Oct 15, 2021
Head of largest California union arrested on charges of grand theft, tax fraud
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The head of California's largest union was arrested on Friday, a day after the prominent activist was charged with grand theft and tax fraud. Alma Hernandez, the executive di...
Oct 15, 2021
Texas House votes to ban transgender girls from sports
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - The Texas House of Representatives passed a bill that bans transgender women and girls from participating in school sports after three previous attempts failed, all but as...
Oct 15, 2021
Biden to push for childcare funding threatened by Congress cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will defend a crucial part of his economic plan, funding for childcare that will free parents, mostly women, to work for pay, in a speech at a Connectic...
Oct 15, 2021
U.S. Capitol Police officer charged with telling rioter to destroy evidence
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Friday accused a U.S. Capitol Police officer of urging a participant in the Jan. 6 attack on the government building to destroy Facebook...
Oct 15, 2021
Baseball bat-brandishing woman bites police officer at U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 25-year-old woman brandishing a baseball bat near the U.S. Capitol bit a police officer on Friday as he and other law enforcement officers attempted to disarm her, the Capitol...
Oct 15, 2021
South Carolina lawyer accused of having himself shot now charged with embezzlement
(Reuters) -Alex Murdaugh, a South Carolina lawyer accused of arranging to have himself shot so his son could collect an insurance payout, is facing new charges accusing him of embezzling settlement fu...
Oct 15, 2021
