Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Lawmakers ask U.S. Justice Department to stop seeking death penalty
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Four members of the U.S. Congress working to abolish capital punishment wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday to ask that he order Department of Justice att...
Aug 09, 2021
Delta variant pushes U.S. cases, hospitalizations to 6-month high
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in the United States are at a six-month high, fueled by the rapid spread of the Delta variant across swathes of the country...
Aug 09, 2021
Pentagon to seek approval to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory -officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon on Monday is expected to seek U.S. President Joe Biden's approval to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for service members no later than the middle of September, two ...
Aug 09, 2021
Florida appeals ruling allowing cruise to use ‘vaccine passports’
(Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Monday the state will appeal a federal judge's ruling that allowed Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd to require Miami passengers show documented proo...
Aug 09, 2021
Factbox-Paid leave, clean energy and preschool: Democrats’ $3.5 trln plan
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats unveiled a broad outline of a $3.5 trillion spending plan that the White House says would fund big investments in clean energy and families while t...
Aug 09, 2021
U.S. judge asks if rising COVID cases should impact eviction ban ruling
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday questioned lawyers for the Biden administration and landlords challenging a new eviction moratorium put in place last week by the Cent...
Aug 09, 2021
Jeffrey Epstein victims’ fund awards $125 million as claims process ends
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of a fund providing restitution to victims of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuses said on Monday she has finished the claims process, and awarded nearly $...
Aug 09, 2021
U.S. Senate Democrats unveil $3.5 trillion budget plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A $3.5 trillion budget plan unveiled by U.S. Senate Democrats on Monday calls for tax credits and grants to encourage "clean energy" manufacturing and transportation, while also...
Aug 09, 2021
California’s second-largest wildfire grows to near 500,000 acres; 3 hurt
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A raging wildfire in northern California, now the second-largest recorded in state history, expanded to nearly 500,000 acres late on Sunday and has left three firefighter...
Aug 09, 2021
Yellen again urges Congress to raise U.S. debt limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday reiterated her call for Congress to raise the U.S. debt limit through bipartisan action as the federal government moves closer to ...
Aug 09, 2021
