Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Factbox-Biden’s new COVID push: vaccine rules, testing plans, hard cash
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday announced new measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 and the new Delta variant in the United States that will impact millions of federal workers, contracto...
Jul 29, 2021
Space station mishap prompts NASA to postpone launch of Boeing Starliner
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - NASA on Thursday postponed a planned launch of a Boeing CST-100 Starliner capsule to the International Space Station after the orbiting outpost was briefly thrown out of co...
Jul 29, 2021
New York judge finds Cuba Gooding Jr liable in rape accuser’s civil lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday found Cuba Gooding Jr liable in a civil lawsuit by a woman who accused the Oscar-winning actor of raping her twice in a Manhattan hote...
Jul 29, 2021
U.S. attorney general tells Texas to rescind immigrant COVID-19 order
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday warned Texas Governor Greg Abbott to "immediately rescind" a new executive order aimed at curbing the travel i...
Jul 29, 2021
Vaccinated prisoners, unvaccinated guards illustrate Biden’s tricky road
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, grabbed national headlines in March 2020 after a COVID-19 outbreak killed at least eight inmates and sickened more than...
Jul 29, 2021
Biden to call on federal workers to get vaccinated or wear masks -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday will ask every federal employee and onsite contractor to attest to their COVID-19 vaccination status and wear masks, physically distance and unde...
Jul 29, 2021
Smithsonian reimposes mask requirement for all visitors over age 2
By Doina Chiacu and Barbara Goldberg WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Smithsonian Institution reversed its mask policy on Thursday, requiring all visitors as young as age 2 to wear face coverings to enter i...
Jul 29, 2021
Jill Biden to undergo procedure to remove object lodged in her foot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Jill Biden will undergo a medical procedure on Thursday to remove an object lodged in her left foot, a spokesperson said. Biden stepped on the object while walki...
Jul 29, 2021
As bipartisanship reigns in U.S. Senate, Republicans rage in House
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A day after the U.S. Senate passed a major bipartisan milestone on infrastructure, Republicans in the House of Representatives lapsed into bitter partisanship an...
Jul 29, 2021
Biden wants state, local govts to pay $100 to newly vaccinated Americans -Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden is calling for state, local and U.S. territorial governments to provide $100 payments for every newly vaccinated American to boost COVID-19 inoculation rates,...
Jul 29, 2021
