Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Senators reach deal on major points of U.S. infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate negotiators have reached agreement on the major components of a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, clearing the way for a procedural vote on Wednesday to m...
Jul 28, 2021
New York to require state employees to get COVID vaccine or face weekly testing
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York will require state employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or get tested weekly, a mandate that will go into effect on Sept. 6, Governor Andrew Cuomo ...
Jul 28, 2021
Cleanup ongoing at Lyondell La Porte plant after leak kills two, injures 30
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) - Cleanup was ongoing on Wednesday morning after a chemical leak killed two workers and injured 30 others at a LyondellBasell Industries plant in La Porte, Texas, the company ...
Jul 28, 2021
Congressional Republicans lash out against new COVID-19 mask guidance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress lashed out at health officials' recommendations that even fully vaccinated people resume wearing masks in many places, including the Capitol, as...
Jul 28, 2021
U.S. Homeland Security Department imposes employee mask mandate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday said all of its employees, regardless of vaccination status, will need to wear a mask indoors and physically distance. The ...
Jul 28, 2021
California urges power conservation in heat wave, prices soar
(Reuters) - U.S. power prices for Wednesday jumped as homes and businesses crank up air conditioners to escape another heat wave, prompting the California electric grid operator to urge conservation. ...
Jul 28, 2021
Biden condemns anti-Semitism after swastika found at State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden spoke out against anti-Semitism after officials said that a swastika had been found carved into the wall of a U.S. State Department elevator. "Let me be...
Jul 28, 2021
McConnell strives to counter ‘bad advice’ to boost U.S. Republican vaccination rate
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell blamed misinformation for the low rates of COVID-19 vaccination among Americans, which are fueling a rise in corona...
Jul 28, 2021
Analysis-U.S. Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ favored religion and Trump
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As midnight approached on the eve of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, the conservative-majority Supreme Court granted emergency requests by Chr...
Jul 28, 2021
Desalination advances in California despite opponents pushing for alternatives
By Daniel Trotta HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (Reuters) - Environmentalists say desalination decimates ocean life, costs too much money and energy, and soon will be made obsolete by water recycling. But a...
Jul 28, 2021
