Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Biden warns cyber attacks could lead to ‘a real shooting war’
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that a significant cyber attack on the United States could lead to "a real shooting war" with a major power, comments that ...
Jul 27, 2021
Biden will require federal employees be vaccinated or tested – CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will announce on Thursday a requirement that all federal employees and contractors be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be required to submit to regular te...
Jul 27, 2021
Biden considers requiring COVID-19 vaccines for federal workers
By Nandita Bose MCLEAN, Va. (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Tuesday his administration is considering whether to require U.S. federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. "That's under ...
Jul 27, 2021
U.S. sells ‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli’s unique Wu-Tang Clan album
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government said it sold imprisoned drug company executive Martin Shkreli's one-of-a-kind album by Wu-Tang Clan to pay off the $7.36 million he was ord...
Jul 27, 2021
U.S. State Department to investigate swastika carved into elevator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A swastika was found carved into the wall of a U.S. State Department elevator, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday, prompting an investigation into how the symbol of Nazi hate ended u...
Jul 27, 2021
California State University system to require COVID vaccination from fall term
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The California State University system will require students, faculty and staff on its campuses from the fall term to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the university system annou...
Jul 27, 2021
Texas power grid passes test, more to come as heat wave lingers
(Reuters) - The Texas power grid passed the first of what could be many tests over the next week by meeting very high demand on Monday without problems as homes and businesses cranked up their air con...
Jul 27, 2021
U.S. House panel holds hearing on pandemic evictions by corporate landlords
By Michelle Conlin NEW YORK (Reuters) - Corporate landlords continue to evict tenants - many of them people of color - during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite a federal ban on evictions, a congressional...
Jul 27, 2021
Schumer says he hopes U.S. Senate can vote on bipartisan infrastructure plan by week’s end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he was optimistic an agreement could be reached soon on the details of a bipartisan infrastructure plan and hoped a bill c...
Jul 27, 2021
Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for ‘abominable’ cyberstalking campaign
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former supervisor for security operations at eBay Inc was sentenced on 18 months in prison for his role in a cyberstalking campaign that targeted a Massachusetts c...
Jul 27, 2021
