Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
War over masks deepens in U.S. South where COVID-19 cases are highest
By Peter Szekely and Tyler Clifford (Reuters) - The superintendent of Florida's largest school district sought to impose a mask mandate on Wednesday, the latest chapter in the coronavirus political ba...
Aug 18, 2021
Strong gusts, arid conditions flame growing California wildfires
By Fred Greaves GRIZZLY FLATS, Calif. (Reuters) - Shifting winds and bone-dry conditions fueled two of California's largest wildfires on Wednesday, forcing several rural communities to evacuate. The b...
Aug 18, 2021
Biden to make COVID-19 nursing home staff vaccinations a condition for receiving Medicare, Medicaid -AP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will require nursing home staff be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition for their facilities to receive funds from the public Med...
Aug 18, 2021
Drop in COVID-19 vaccine efficacy against Delta seen in U.S. nursing homes
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines for people in American nursing homes and long-term care facilities, where residents are often elderly and frail, has dropped since the...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. regulator moving to restore federal oil and gas leasing program – official
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. offshore regulator on Wednesday said efforts to resume a federal oil and gas leasing program are underway following a court decision reversing the Biden administration's sus...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. Justice Department says Missouri state gun law is unconstitutional
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's Justice Department is stepping up its fight against a new state law in Missouri that aims to invalidate many federal gun regulations, say...
Aug 18, 2021
Court rejects ‘shockingly low’ 4-year sentence for NY woman who aided Islamic State
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out what it called a "shockingly low" four-year prison term for a Brooklyn woman who admitted to supporting Isl...
Aug 18, 2021
CDC says vaccine protectiveness slipped amid Delta variant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New data confirms that vaccine protection against COVID-19 has decreased for the Delta variant of the virus, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochell...
Aug 18, 2021
Grace strengthens into hurricane near Cayman Islands, says U.S. NHC
(Reuters) - Storm Grace has strengthened into a hurricane just west of Grand Cayman island, and is expected to make landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula on Thursday morning, the U.S National Hurricane Ce...
Aug 18, 2021
Evacuations more important than U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal date -House panel chairman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Wednesday the U.S. military should stay in Afghanistan beyond the planned Aug. 31 withdrawal ...
Aug 18, 2021
