Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Henrietta Lacks’ estate says pharma company profited from stolen cells
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - The estate of a Black woman whose cervical cells were taken from her decades ago without her permission sued a pharmaceutical company on Monday, saying it made a "conscio...
Oct 04, 2021
New U.S. legislation seeks to expand protections for election workers
By Linda So WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. senator introduced legislation on Monday to broaden protections for election workers, their family members and physical polling locations in response to a Reu...
Oct 04, 2021
State Department says U.S. is reviewing findings from Pandora Papers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is reviewing findings of leaked financial documents known as the Pandora Papers, but is not in a position to comment on specifics, State Department spokesman N...
Oct 04, 2021
Hollywood off screen union members authorize strike if talks fail
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Members of the union representing camera operators, make-up artists and other behind-the-scenes workers on Hollywood films and television shows have voted resou...
Oct 04, 2021
Exclusive-Eli Lilly’s recalled emergency diabetes drug came from plant cited by FDA
By Dan Levine and Marisa Taylor (Reuters) - A recently recalled batch of Glucagon Emergency Kits, Eli Lilly and Co's therapy for diabetic patients in crisis, was manufactured at an Indiana factory cit...
Oct 04, 2021
Biden to visit Chicago area, press need for COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to the Chicago area on Thursday as part of the administration's effort to encourage people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the White House said...
Oct 04, 2021
Senate’s Schumer urges passage of U.S. debt-ceiling bill this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday urged lawmakers to pass a bill to raise or suspend the federal government's $28.4 trillion debt ceiling by the end of the wee...
Oct 04, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs New Jersey police shooting ‘qualified immunity’ case
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a family's bid to revive a lawsuit against a New Jersey state trooper who fatally shot a mentally ill man who was...
Oct 04, 2021
Investigators probing cause of California offshore oil spill
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (Reuters) -Federal and state investigators on Monday were probing what caused some 3,000 barrels of crude oil (126,000 gallons) to leak into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of...
Oct 04, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to New York tax on opioid companies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for New York to collect a $200 million surcharge imposed on opioid manufacturers and distributors to defray the state's costs ar...
Oct 04, 2021
