Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
‘Everything collapsed’: Post-Katrina refuge rocked by Ida
By Devika Krishna Kumar LAPLACE, La. (Reuters) - LaPlace, a Louisiana town on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain, sustained relatively little damage from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. That led some to view ...
Aug 30, 2021
U.S. urges lawyers to volunteer to fight feared surge of evictions
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Monday urged attorneys across the legal profession to volunteer their time to assist the crush of tenants expected to be forced out of homes now...
Aug 30, 2021
Plea deal offered to U.S. Capitol rioter accused of grabbing officer’s gas mask
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to an Ohio man accused of striking a police officer during the deadly Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot and then trying to grab his...
Aug 30, 2021
After year away, excited fans return to U.S. Open but confront long lines
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fans attending the U.S. Open on Monday confronted long lines at the main gate's security checkpoint, forcing some ticket holders to wait in the heat for up to two hou...
Aug 30, 2021
Abortion providers ask U.S. Supreme Court to block Texas’ six-week ban
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - Abortion rights groups filed an emergency request at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to block a Texas law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, which is set to ta...
Aug 30, 2021
Residents, tourists scramble to evacuate as California fire nears Lake Tahoe
By Fred Greaves SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (Reuters) - Residents and tourists in communities near popular Lake Tahoe fled on Monday as the Caldor fire roared closer after sweeping across dried-out fores...
Aug 30, 2021
Louisiana hospitals dodge Ida catastrophe, but big challenges loom
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Louisiana hospitals largely escaped catastrophic damage from Hurricane Ida, but the storm created the "perfect petri dish" for spread of the coronavirus, officials said on M...
Aug 30, 2021
White House says 6,000 Americans have been evacuated from Afghanistan so far
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday that some 6,000 Americans have been evacuated from Afghanistan so far. The Biden administration is still trying to determine...
Aug 30, 2021
Groups, mayors urge U.S. Congress to back $10 billion in new public transit funding
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. groups representing transit systems and city leaders on Monday joined unions and environmental groups in calling on Congress to back at least $10 billion...
Aug 30, 2021
New Orleans avoids major flooding thanks to levees built after Katrina
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - A $14.5 billion system of levees, flood gates and pumps has largely worked as designed during Hurricane Ida, sparing New Orleans from the catastrophic flooding that devasta...
Aug 30, 2021
