Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. appeals court erases ruling allowing gun sales to people under 21
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday threw out its recent decision that a federal prohibition on firearms dealers selling guns to young adults under 21 was unconstitutiona...
Sep 22, 2021
U.S. congressional negotiations on police reforms fail
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiations in the U.S. Congress to tighten police practices following the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis have collapsed, Democratic Senator Cory B...
Sep 22, 2021
Senate Democrats step up scrutiny of blank-check firms
(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and three other Senate Democrats on Wednesday sent letters to some of the most prolific SPAC dealmakers, voicing concerns over reports that SPAC insiders expl...
Sep 22, 2021
VP Harris raises concerns about mistreatment of Haitian migrants with DHS secretary Mayorkas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris raised concerns about mistreatment of Haitian migrants by border patrol agents during a call with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Ale...
Sep 22, 2021
NHC says 100% chance of cyclone near Cape Verde Islands
(Reuters) - A tropical wave located several hundred miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands has a 100% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) sai...
Sep 22, 2021
U.S. VP Harris to announce $10 billion global fund to prepare for future pandemics
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday will call on countries and companies around the world to create a $10 billion global health fund to prepare for fu...
Sep 22, 2021
For asylum advocates, border expulsions strain faith in Biden
By Mica Rosenberg and Kristina Cooke NEW YORK (Reuters) - Confused and tired-looking toddlers clung to their parents at Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti on Tuesday, among the 360 family members rapidly...
Sep 22, 2021
Factbox: Congress confronts U.S. debt ceiling drama – again
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate are locked in a partisan standoff over how to remove temporarily the $28.4 trillion debt ceiling, a political drama that could pose ...
Sep 22, 2021
‘Proud Boy’ Jan 6 riot defendant seeks release from pre-trial detention
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge set a Friday hearing for a possible ruling on a request to be released from pre-trial detention by a member of the far-right Proud Boy movement...
Sep 22, 2021
Virginia capital unveils monument marking end of slavery after removing Confederate statue
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Two weeks after Richmond, Virginia, removed a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had prompted protests over racial injustice, the city unveiled a new monument on...
Sep 22, 2021
