Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
West Virginia city makes final pitch in opioid lawsuit seeking $2.5 billion
By Brendan Pierson CHARLESTON (Reuters) - After a nearly three-month trial, lawyers for a West Virginia city and its county are set to deliver closing arguments on Tuesday in their case against the na...
Jul 27, 2021
Trump-backed candidate on ballot in U.S. House runoff in Texas
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Voters in Texas will provide another measure of former U.S. President Donald Trump's influence over Republicans when they choose whether to replace a congressm...
Jul 27, 2021
Police who defended U.S. Capitol to testify at riot probe’s first hearing
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four police officers who worked to defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob of then-President Donald Trump's supporters are due to testify on Tuesday at the first he...
Jul 27, 2021
U.S. lawmakers urge EPA to reinstate California vehicle emissions authority
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 140 Democratic U.S lawmakers on Tuesday urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to quickly reinstate California's right to set regulation...
Jul 27, 2021
Former U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, 77, dead after bicycle crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator Mike Enzi died from injuries he sustained in a bicycle accident in his home state of Wyoming, his family said late on Monday. Enzi, who was 77, was airlifted...
Jul 27, 2021
Final death toll from Florida condominium collapse put at 98
(Reuters) - Remains of the last person still listed as missing in the collapse of a Miami-area condominium tower on June 24 have been recovered and identified, bringing the final confirmed death toll ...
Jul 26, 2021
New York’s $200 french fries offer ‘escape’ from reality
By Angela Moore NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jerome Powell, this story's for you. The Federal Reserve chair, always on the look-out for signs of inflation, might want to drop by Manhattan's Upper East Side, w...
Jul 26, 2021
A tense Sunday in rural Ohio watching an Olympian do his thing
By Gaelen Morse DOVER, Ohio (Reuters) - The parents and grandparents of Olympic backstroke swimmer Hunter Armstrong could not travel to see the 20-year-old compete in Tokyo because of COVID restrictio...
Jul 26, 2021
Veterans agency to require COVID-19 vaccinations for staff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday said it would require its doctors and other medical staff to get COVID-19 vaccines, becoming the first federal agency to impose ...
Jul 26, 2021
U.S. EPA to set stricter requirements on coal-fired power plants -Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said it will set stricter requirements for how coal-fired power plants dispose of wastewater full of arsenic, lead and mercury...
Jul 26, 2021
