Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Firefighting crews battle wildfire that threatens Reagan ranch in California
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - California firefighters are taking advantage of a break in strong winds on Wednesday afternoon to get aircraft aloft and dump retardant on a fast-moving wildfire that is wit...
Oct 13, 2021
Union Pacific to comply with COVID vaccine deadline for U.S. workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Union Pacific Corp said on Wednesday it will require its 31,000 U.S. employees to be vaccinated under President Joe Biden's executive order requiring that federal contractors ma...
Oct 13, 2021
White House heeded pressure to reopen Canada border -U.S. lawmaker
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressman from New York said on Wednesday that political pressure had persuaded the White House to end a historic 19-month closure of its land borde...
Oct 13, 2021
Mixing COVID-19 booster shots safe, says NIH study
(Reuters) - Mixing booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized in the United States was found to be safe in adults, a study by the National Institutes of Health showed on Wednesday. (Repor...
Oct 13, 2021
U.S. planning offshore wind farms from Maine to California
(Reuters) -The United States plans to hold up to seven offshore wind auctions in the next four years and will extend its ambitions to areas that have yet to be developed such as off the coast of Calif...
Oct 13, 2021
Biden’s Supreme Court commission to issue preliminary report Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's commission studying potential U.S. Supreme Court changes such as expanding the number of justices or imposing term limits on them will release its prelimin...
Oct 13, 2021
‘There have to be consequences:’ Judge ups sentences for U.S. Capitol rioters
By Jan Wolfe and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge in Washington has repeatedly sentenced people who stormed the U.S. Capitol to more prison time than prosecutors sought, saying th...
Oct 13, 2021
U.S. Justice Department opens probe of Texas juvenile detention facilities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation into juvenile detention facilities in Texas after receiving reports of physical and sexual abuse by staff members again...
Oct 13, 2021
Hollywood crews to strike next week unless deal reached with producers
(Reuters) - Behind-the-scenes workers on Hollywood films and television shows will launch a nationwide strike next week unless contract talks with producers are resolved, their union said on Wednesday...
Oct 13, 2021
Judge dismisses Georgia lawsuit alleging fraud in 2020 election
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - A state judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by Georgia voters and self-described election integrity activists who alleged that officials in Atlanta's Fulton County had co...
Oct 13, 2021
