Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Stanford professors urge U.S. to end program looking for Chinese spies in academia
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - A group of Stanford University professors has asked the Justice Department to stop looking for Chinese spies at U.S. universities, joining an effort by human rights grou...
Sep 13, 2021
Key figures and fallout in U.S. college admissions scandal
BOSTON (Reuters) - The first trial in the "Operation Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal gets under way on Monday. Here is a look at the key figures and the fallout from the probe. CHARGES Feder...
Sep 13, 2021
First trial in U.S. college admission scandal to begin
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Two high-powered business executives were set on Monday to become the first people to face trial in the "Operation Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal, charged...
Sep 13, 2021
Biden approves California disaster declaration ahead of Sacramento visit
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has approved a disaster declaration for California and will travel to Sacramento on Monday to survey the damage from recent wildfires, the White ...
Sep 12, 2021
House Democrats expected to propose hike to corporate tax rate, surtax on wealthy- report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Democrats are expected to propose raising the U.S. corporate tax rate to 26.5% from 21%, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing a congressional aide. Democra...
Sep 12, 2021
U.S. administers 380.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 380,241,903 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Sunday morning and distributed 456,755,755 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Sep 12, 2021
Tropical Storm Nicholas expected to pass by Texas coast – NHC
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Nicholas was expected to bring high winds and heavy rain to the middle and upper Texas coasts late Monday night and Tuesday, less than two weeks after Hurricane ...
Sep 12, 2021
Biden to announce new COVID-19 steps ahead of U.N. meeting, surgeon general says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will announce new steps to slow the spread of COVID-19 before the U.N. General Assembly meets, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said Sunday. Murthy did n...
Sep 12, 2021
FBI releases first 9/11 document after Biden order – CNN
(Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation released the first document related to its investigation of the 9/11 attacks on the United States and suspected Saudi government support for the hijacke...
Sep 11, 2021
NHC says 90% chance of cyclone near Gulf of Mexico
(Reuters) - A weather system located near southeastern Mexico and the southern and central Gulf of Mexico has a 90% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Cente...
Sep 11, 2021
