Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. judge allows accused Capitol rioter to act as own attorney
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge agreed on Thursday to a New York state man's request to defend himself against felony charges of participating in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S...
Sep 23, 2021
R. Kelly’s defense says accusers had motive to lie. ‘Convict him,’ prosecutor says
By Tyler Clifford and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - R. Kelly's accusers were motivated by money to lie about his alleged sexual abuses, a lawyer for the R&B superstar argued on Thursday in a final ef...
Sep 23, 2021
ExpressVPN employees complain about ex-spy’s top role at company
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When a senior executive at virtual private network company ExpressVPN admitted to working on behalf of a foreign intelligence service to hack American machines...
Sep 23, 2021
Abortion providers ask U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in challenge to Texas law
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -Abortion providers in Texas on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene on an urgent basis in their challenge to a state law imposing a near-total ban on abortion....
Sep 23, 2021
U.S. CDC advisers back COVID-19 booster shots for those 65 and older, not for high-risk workers
By Michael Erman and Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) - A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Thursday recommended a booster shot of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 va...
Sep 23, 2021
Biden to nominate big-bank critic Omarova to head OCC -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to nominate Cornell University law professor Saule Omarova, who has criticized cryptocurrencies and advocated for the government to have a much bi...
Sep 23, 2021
Regulators issue standards to prevent another Texas grid freeze
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and North American energy regulators on Thursday issued recommendations and mandatory electric reliability standards for utilities they hope will prevent...
Sep 23, 2021
ACLU, 26 other groups support $1 billion boost for FTC privacy work
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union and 26 other civil rights and advocacy groups wrote to top lawmakers Thursday to urge support for a $1 billion boost in funding for the Federa...
Sep 23, 2021
White House says it is not sending Haiti migrants at border to Guantanamo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is not sending migrants from the U.S. southern border to Guantanamo, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday. News reports Wednesday said...
Sep 23, 2021
White House cheers ‘progess’ on spending bill after Schumer announcement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House cheered progress on Congress's pending multi-trillion dollar spending bill Thursday, after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced an agreement between Ho...
Sep 23, 2021
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