Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
California to require COVID-19 vaccines for schoolchildren, governor says
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California will require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as early as next January, once the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fully approves innoculations for ...
Oct 01, 2021
White House plans 30-country meeting on cyber crime and ransomware -official
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. national security advisers will gather officials from 30 countries this month with plans to combat the growing threat of ransomware...
Oct 01, 2021
Factbox-What’s in the bipartisan U.S. $1 trillion infrastructure bill?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives are discussing whether to vote on Friday on a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill to update America's road...
Oct 01, 2021
Lawyer who sued Chevron sentenced to six months in contempt case
By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - A disbarred American lawyer who spent decades battling Chevron Corp over pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for cri...
Oct 01, 2021
U.S. antitrust official says competition in labor markets a top concern
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department's acting head of its Antitrust Division said on Friday that labor markets were a top priority for enforcement efforts, indicating a shift toward issu...
Oct 01, 2021
Pfizer loses lawsuit over U.S. limits on drug copay assistance
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge dismissed Pfizer Inc's challenge to a U.S. anti-kickback law that the drugmaker said prevents it from helping Medicare patients afford two drugs that t...
Oct 01, 2021
U.S. COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations down 15% from last week – CDC Director
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky on Friday said that weekly COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the United States were down 15...
Oct 01, 2021
U.S. top diplomat Blinken heads to France after submarine spat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Paris next week after ties between the United States and France were strained when Australia scrapped a French submarine co...
Oct 01, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID-19
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19, but has no symptoms, according to a court statement that said he would miss Friday...
Oct 01, 2021
Democrats struggle to reach deal in Congress on Biden’s agenda
By Susan Cornwell and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. Congress on Friday was struggling to reach an agreement on President Joe Biden's sweeping agenda, with House of...
Oct 01, 2021
