Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Analysis-Texas’ near-total abortion ban injects new urgency into U.S. election campaigns
By Andy Sullivan, Sharon Bernstein and Brad Brooks (Reuters) - After the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to block https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/texas-six-week-abortion-ban-t...
Sep 02, 2021
Ida’s deluge stuns New Yorkers in its sheer intensity
By Tyler Clifford, Julia Harte and Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers are a stoic lot - and no strangers to extreme weather. But even they were taken off guard by the sheer volume o...
Sep 02, 2021
Pennsylvania river’s historic rise swamps homes, shuts commuter highway
By Jarrett Renshaw CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. (Reuters) - Molly Clarke went to bed early Wednesday, unconcerned that the remnants of Hurricane Ida barreling through the Philadelphia region would deal more than...
Sep 02, 2021
U.S. Senator Manchin wants a pause in Democrats’ push for $3.5 trillion spending bill
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Joe Manchin on Thursday urged fellow Democrats to pause in their push to enact a $3.5 trillion spending bill encompassing much of President Joe Biden's...
Sep 02, 2021
Plea hearing scheduled for ‘QAnon Shaman’ facing Jan. 6 riot charges
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal judge hearing the case of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot defendant known as the "QAnon Shaman" has scheduled a plea hearing for Friday, according to ...
Sep 02, 2021
U.S. to invest $3 billion in COVID-19 vaccine supply chain – White House official
(Reuters) - The U.S. plans to invest $3 billion in the vaccine supply chain as it continues to work to position the United States as a leading supplier of vaccines for the world, a top U.S. health off...
Sep 02, 2021
Biden administration to tap Emory Law professor for CFTC seat -source
By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is expected to tap Kristin Johnson, a law professor at Emory University, for a Democratic seat on the Commodity Futures Trading Commis...
Sep 02, 2021
Virginia can remove statue of Civil War General Lee, state’s highest court rules
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - The Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Thursday that the state can take down a towering statue of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee, a centerpiece of prote...
Sep 02, 2021
New York’s fatal floods stoke calls for U.S. infrastructure spending
By David Shepardson and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fatal floods in New York and New Jersey prompted Democractic lawmakers and experts to intensify calls on Thursday for U.S. infrastructure spe...
Sep 02, 2021
Missing Jan. 6 defense lawyer is recovering from illness, judge is told
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A lawyer who recently disappeared from public view while representing 17 defendants facing charges related to the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot was "beginning to fe...
Sep 02, 2021
