Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
‘It’s like a war zone’ – U.S. Air Force veteran comforts children plagued by gun violence
By Vanessa Johnston WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Davon McNeal was just 11 years old when he was struck in the head by a stray bullet at a Fourth of July cookout in Washington, D.C., last year. Now, every Fr...
Aug 13, 2021
Man linked to Oath Keepers militia pleads not guilty to U.S. Capitol riot charge
By Mark Hosenball (Reuters) - An 18th person with links to the far right Oath Keepers militia accused of taking part in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot has been added to an indictment and pleaded not gui...
Aug 13, 2021
U.S. judge will not block CDC’s new COVID-19 residential eviction ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday rejected a bid to block a residential eviction moratorium put in place last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The decision by ...
Aug 13, 2021
U.S. House moderates to add to Democratic divisions on budget plan: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nine moderate Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday plan to tell House Speaker Nancy Pelosi they will not vote to move ahead with the party's $3.5 trillion bu...
Aug 13, 2021
In U.S. redistricting fight, citizens come armed with a new weapon: their own maps
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - On a recent evening, Tyler Daye, an organizer with Common Cause North Carolina, hosted an online seminar for residents of the city of Wilson on an important but arcane topic: ...
Aug 13, 2021
Youth-run green groups move to pressure U.S. Congress over climate
By Merdie Nzanga WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Youth-run environmental groups are gearing up to pressure Democratic U.S. Congress members to retool their $3.5 trillion spending package to fund more programs ...
Aug 13, 2021
U.S. FDA authorizes COVID-19 vaccine boosters for the immunocompromised
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc for people with compromised immune systems. A few other coun...
Aug 12, 2021
U.S. to host Summit of the Americas in 2022 -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is preparing to host the Ninth Summit of the Americas in early Summer 2022, the White House said on Thursday. It would be the first time for the United States ...
Aug 12, 2021
Colorado county’s election equipment scrapped after breach; criminal probe launched
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado's secretary of state on Thursday ordered a county to scrap and replace its election equipment that she said was compromised with the assistance of its elec...
Aug 12, 2021
U.S. administers 353.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 353,859,894 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Thursday morning and distributed 411,253,925 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Aug 12, 2021
