Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. Democratic lawmakers urge Biden not to reduce biofuel mandates
By Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers called on President Joe Biden to halt a plan to slash the amount of biofuels that oil refiners must ble...
Sep 28, 2021
Biden’s Democrats in Congress race to head off shutdown, default
By Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's Democrats will seek on Tuesday to head off two looming dangers to the U.S. economy as they try to keep government operati...
Sep 28, 2021
Accused Georgia spa shooter to face judge on four more murder charges
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia man accused of a shooting massacre at Atlanta-area day spas in March is set to appear before a judge on Tuesday to be arraigned on four counts of felony mur...
Sep 28, 2021
In the shadow of U.S. Supreme Court history, a Puerto Rican family struggles
By Lawrence Hurley TOA ALTA, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Emanuel Rivera Fuentes, severely disabled since birth and lying in bed at the home he shares with his parents in Puerto Rico, recites a list of 14 ...
Sep 28, 2021
‘A four-alarm fire’: Tight Virginia governor’s race holds warning signs for Democrats
By Joseph Ax and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Almost a year after President Joe Biden trounced Donald Trump in Virginia, the state's unexpectedly tight race for governor has alarmed Democrats...
Sep 28, 2021
Pentagon leaders to face Afghanistan reckoning in Congress
By Phil Stewart and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's top military leaders are expected to face some of the most contentious hearings in memory this week over the chaotic ...
Sep 27, 2021
U.S. citizens blocked from leaving China return home after three years
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two American siblings prevented from leaving China since 2018 returned to the United States over the weekend, according to a U.S. official, their release by B...
Sep 27, 2021
U.S. murders soar nearly 30% in 2020, FBI reports
(Reuters) - The number of murders in the United States rose nearly 30% in 2020 and overall violent crime rose for the first time in four years, the FBI said in its annual crime report on Monday, in a ...
Sep 27, 2021
California becomes 8th U.S. state to make universal mail-in ballots permanent
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California on Monday became the eighth, and by far the largest, U.S. state to make universal distribution of vote-by-mail ballots permanent, a practice that bec...
Sep 27, 2021
U.S. Senators call for ‘full accountability’ in World Bank data controversy
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrat and Republican on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee have urged President Joe Biden to "ensure full accountability" o...
Sep 27, 2021
