Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. NTSB to probe fatal Tesla crash in Florida
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will send a team to investigate a fatal Sept. 13 Tesla crash in Coral Gables, Florida, it said on Friday. The NTSB said its ...
Sep 17, 2021
Biden admin looks to revive Trump-era order on migrant expulsion
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Friday moved to revive an order put in place by then-President Donald Trump directing the expulsion of migrant families caught crossing the U...
Sep 17, 2021
FDA advisers vote to oppose Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster
(Reuters) - A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted against approval of a booster dose of the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 16 an...
Sep 17, 2021
Biden adds measles to list of diseases that could require quarantine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order adding measles to a list of communicable diseases that could require quarantine after several Afghan refugees were diagnos...
Sep 17, 2021
Pentagon says Kabul drone strike killed 10 civilians in ‘tragic mistake’
(Refiles to remove superfluous "it" from lede) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Friday that a drone strike in Kabul last month killed as many 10 civilians, including seven children, an...
Sep 17, 2021
WhatsApp instructions, Mexican struggles: How Haitians ended up in Texas camp
By Alexandra Ulmer CIUDAD ACUA, Mexico (Reuters) - Haitians camped out under a Texas bridge followed instructions circulated on WhatsApp to get there, according to a dozen migrants who said the tips d...
Sep 17, 2021
As California fire nears, crews protect world’s largest tree in special wrap
By Fred Greaves THREE RIVERS, Calif. (Reuters) - Fire crews have resorted to wrapping the bases of some giant sequoias in fire-resistant coverings in a desperate effort to save the towering specimens,...
Sep 17, 2021
COVID-19 victims remembered on Washington’s National Mall with 650,000 white flags
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An exhibition of white flags representing Americans who have died of COVID-19 opened on Friday, covering more than 20 acres of the National Mall in Washington. Last year, artist...
Sep 17, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. shale oil firm Pioneer Natural launches land sale – sources
By Arathy S Nair, David French and Shariq Khan (Reuters) - Top U.S. shale oil producer Pioneer Natural Resources Co has put its assets in the Delaware basin of Texas on the block, aiming to secure mor...
Sep 17, 2021
Apple’s Cook says he will talk with U.S. official on immigration
By Julia Love (Reuters) -Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook told an all-hands meeting of employees on Friday he planned to discuss U.S. immigration policy with U.S. Department of Homeland Security Sec...
Sep 17, 2021
