Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. Senate Democrats float stock buyback tax
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior U.S. Senate Democrats on Friday unveiled a proposal to impose a 2% excise tax on corporate stock buybacks to help fund President Joe Biden's $3.5 tril...
Sep 10, 2021
Court rules for Florida governor, reinstates ban on mask mandates in state’s schools
By Rich McKay and Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A Florida appeals court ruled on Friday in favor of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, issuing a stay in a case that effectively reinstates his ban on mask ma...
Sep 10, 2021
U.S. special representative for North Korea to travel to Tokyo next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. special representative for North Korea will travel to Tokyo next week for talks with South Korean and Japanese counterparts on the denuclearization of the Korean Penins...
Sep 10, 2021
COVID-19 vaccines hold strong against Delta, protection waning in older adults
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Three U.S. studies suggest COVID-19 vaccines offer strong protection against hospitalization and death, even in the face of the highly transmissible Delta vari...
Sep 10, 2021
U.S. COVID-19 cases average 136,000 per day, daily deaths above 1,000 – CDC director
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States had an average of 136,000 COVID-19 cases, 11,750 hospitalizations and more than 1,000 deaths in its most recent seven-day period, U.S. Centers for Disease Cont...
Sep 10, 2021
Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate angers Republicans, libertarians
By Nandita Bose and Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans and libertarians are vowing to fight U.S. President Joe Biden's new vaccine mandate covering big companies, healthcare workers and fe...
Sep 10, 2021
Igor Fruman, ex-associate of Giuliani, pleads guilty in campaign finance case
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A former associate of Rudy Giuliani who sought to dig up damaging information in Ukraine about U.S. President Joe Biden before the 2020 election, pleaded guilty on Frida...
Sep 10, 2021
NYSE marks moment of silence ahead of 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
(Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange marked a moment of silence on Friday, the last trading day before the 20th anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, when two airliners crashed into the twin towe...
Sep 10, 2021
U.S. FDA says robust safety data needed before COVID-19 vaccine approval for kids
(Reuters) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday clinical trials testing COVID-19 vaccines for children are expected to include a monitoring period of at least two months after half the pa...
Sep 10, 2021
U.S. producer prices increase solidly in August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices increased solidly in August, indicating that high inflation is likely to persist for a while, with supply chains remaining tight as the COVID-19 pandemic dr...
Sep 10, 2021
