Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
California firefighters use break in weather to attack wildfires
By Fred Greaves QUINCY, Calif. (Reuters) - California firefighting crews sought to take advantage of cooler, moister air and diminished winds on Friday to make headway against a massive wildfire that ...
Aug 06, 2021
Half of U.S. population fully vaccinated against COVID-19: CDC
(Reuters) - One out of two Americans were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The milestone comes roughly eight months aft...
Aug 06, 2021
White House announces final extension of student loan repayment pause
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Friday announced a final extension of a coronavirus relief pause on federal student loan repayments, interest and collections until J...
Aug 06, 2021
Biden picks ambassadors to Switzerland and Argentina -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden picked two major fundraisers for his campaign for office as his ambassadors to Switzerland and Argentina, the White House said on Friday. Biden chose Sc...
Aug 06, 2021
Biden to nominate development official to U.S. Treasury post –official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden intends to nominate a long-time development official for a U.S. Treasury position on international markets, a White House official told Reuters on Friday. Al...
Aug 06, 2021
Biden administration examining what authority businesses have to mandate vaccines
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is examining what authority businesses have to mandate vaccines, a top U.S. official told Reuters on Friday, as it considers what mo...
Aug 06, 2021
Amazon asks employees to mask up regardless of vaccination status – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has ordered employees to wear masks at work regardless of vaccination status, as the e-commerce giant attempts to prevent the spread of the highly infectious COVID-19 Delta ...
Aug 06, 2021
Ex-boxer who punched cop faces longest sentence yet in U.S. Capitol riot
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former boxer charged with punching a Washington police officer in the head during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol faces a sentence of up to 51 months i...
Aug 06, 2021
Vaccines less protective in Colorado county with Delta variant surge – CDC study
(Corrects to symptomatic infection from infection in paragraph 5) By Manas Mishra (Reuters) -COVID-19 infections in a Colorado county with a Delta variant surge this spring were more common among full...
Aug 06, 2021
Indiana University students urge Supreme Court to block vaccine mandate
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - Students at Indiana University on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block the school's requirement that they be vaccinated against COVID-19 in an early test of vaccine...
Aug 06, 2021
