Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. State Dept probing whereabouts of $5,800 bottle of whisky given to Pompeo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department is looking into the whereabouts of a $5,800 bottle of whisky given to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by the Japanese government, a U.S. governme...
Aug 04, 2021
Van carrying migrants overturns in Texas, 10 killed -reports
(Reuters) -Ten people were killed and 12 injured on Wednesday when a van carrying 25 migrants crashed in southern Texas, about 90 miles (150 km) from the United States-Mexico border, local media repor...
Aug 04, 2021
U.S. charges Florida resident in alleged money laundering, bribery scheme
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Florida resident has been charged in an alleged scheme to bribe Venezuelan officials to obtain $250 million in contracts and launder funds, U.S. authorities said on Wednesday....
Aug 04, 2021
COVID in Louisiana shows consequences of Delta variant, low vaccination rate
By Brad Brooks NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Low vaccination rates and the more infectious Delta variant are converging to create a new COVID-19 crisis for Louisiana as the United States and the world face ...
Aug 04, 2021
Yellen says new U.S. eviction moratorium buys time to speed rental aid funds
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday her department will use a 60-day extension of a moratorium on residential evictions to try to accelerate the di...
Aug 04, 2021
U.S. Senate Democrats target Big Oil for carbon polluters fund
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Democratic U.S. senators on Wednesday unveiled legislation establishing a $500 billion fund to be financed by Big Oil and other "carbon polluters" th...
Aug 04, 2021
Explainer: How an impeachment of New York Governor Cuomo would proceed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - With New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resisting widespread calls for his resignation after a state investigation concluded he had sexually harassed at least 11 women, attention is f...
Aug 04, 2021
U.S. administers 348.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 348,102,478 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 402,010,455 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Aug 04, 2021
Exclusive-U.S. developing plan to require foreign visitors to be vaccinated -official
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration is developing a plan to require nearly all foreign visitors to the United States to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of e...
Aug 04, 2021
U.S. infrastructure bill could be nearing final vote, key senators say
By Susan Cornwell and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate could vote in the next few days on the $1 trillion infrastructure package that is one of President Joe Biden's top domestic pr...
Aug 04, 2021
