Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Judge reprimands Sidney Powell, other pro-Trump lawyers who claimed voter fraud
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Wednesday sanctioned Sidney Powell and other lawyers who sued in Michigan to overturn Democratic President Joe Biden's election victory over Donald T...
Aug 25, 2021
Man sentenced to 6 years in plot to kidnap Michigan governor
By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) - A man who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a plot to kidnap Michigan's governor received a sentence of just over six years in prison on Wednesday, after he also ag...
Aug 25, 2021
Porn star Ron Jeremy indicted in Los Angeles on more than 30 sex charges
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Porn actor Ron Jeremy on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to more than 30 counts of sexual assault, including 12 of rape, in the Los Angeles area over a 23 year period. The Los Ang...
Aug 25, 2021
Biden plans to campaign for California Governor Newsom ahead of recall vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to campaign for fellow Democrat and California Governor Gavin Newsom, who faces a recall election on Sept. 14, the White House said on Wednesday. ...
Aug 25, 2021
Purdue Pharma bankruptcy judge to rule Friday on opioid settlement
By Maria Chutchian (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case expects to rule on Friday on the OxyContin maker's request to approve its settlement of opioid-related litigation. Duri...
Aug 25, 2021
New York governor reveals 12,000 more COVID-19 deaths than previously counted
By Anurag Maan and Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Kathy Hochul revealed 12,000 more people died of COVID-19 than was reported under her disgraced predecessor, making good on h...
Aug 25, 2021
Trump-backed Walker leans on sports career in pursuing U.S. Senate run
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Retired football star Herschel Walker on Wednesday launched a campaign for a U.S. Senate seat from Georgia that leaned heavily on his personal rise from poverty to...
Aug 25, 2021
Blinken says U.S. evacuated from Afghanistan 4,500 U.S. citizens plus families
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said of the 6,000 American citizens that were identified in Afghanistan, at least 4,500 of them and their families have been ...
Aug 25, 2021
U.S. court upholds conviction, death sentence of Dylann Roof
(Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld the conviction and death sentence of Dylann Roof, the white supremacist who killed nine Black people at a South Carolina church in 2015, court docum...
Aug 25, 2021
R Kelly accuser says R&B singer tried to shift blame to her parents
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer for R. Kelly on Wednesday tried to undercut claims by a woman who accused the R&B singer of sexual abuse, showing her letters to family members where she...
Aug 25, 2021
