Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Mississippi hospital puts beds in parking garage to cope with COVID-19 surge
By Anurag Maan and Julia Harte (Reuters) - The crush of new COVID-19 infections in Mississippi has become so dire that the state has turned to efforts reminiscent of the earliest days of the U.S. pand...
Aug 13, 2021
Singer-Songwriter Nanci Griffith dies at age 68
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith has died at age 68, record label Rounder Records said in a statement on Twitter on Friday. (Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing ...
Aug 13, 2021
U.S. immigration advocates blast ‘cruel’ Biden policies on asylum
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dozens of pro-immigrant groups criticized President Joe Biden's asylum policies on Friday, saying continued expulsions of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and ot...
Aug 13, 2021
U.S. Homeland Security warns fresh COVID-19 restrictions could spark violent attacks
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in a new terrorism warning bulletin, said violent extremists could view the reimposition of COVID-19-related restricti...
Aug 13, 2021
New York Assembly suspends Cuomo impeachment investigation
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Lawmakers in the New York Assembly have suspended their impeachment investigation of Governor Andrew Cuomo in light of his promise to step down from office over s...
Aug 13, 2021
U.S. workplace regulator says vaccinated workers should wear masks
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The U.S. agency that regulates workplace safety issued guidance on Friday urging employers to require many fully vaccinated workers to wear masks to protect unvaccinated...
Aug 13, 2021
U.S. CDC panel recommends use of COVID-19 vaccine boosters in immunocompromised
(Reuters) - An advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday voted in favor of allowing people with compromised immune systems to receive extra doses of COVID-19 vacc...
Aug 13, 2021
Private Medicare plans must return overpayments, appeals court rules
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived a rule requiring private insurers that administer federally funded Medicare plans to return potentially billions of dollars in ove...
Aug 13, 2021
U.S. military base in Washington on lockdown due to potential armed individual
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A military base in Washington, D.C., said it was on lockdown on Friday because there was a potentially armed person it described as a Black man with a medium build carrying a Gu...
Aug 13, 2021
In desperation, U.S. scours for countries willing to house Afghan refugees
By Idrees Ali, Humeyra Pamuk and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration has been holding secret talks with more countries than previously known in a desperate atte...
Aug 13, 2021
