Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
EU executive to take legal steps against Poland, Hungary over LGBT rights -source
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union executive will announce a fresh legal case against Hungary on Thursday over LGBT discrimination and also take steps over regions in Poland which have declared t...
Jul 15, 2021
U.S. Senate passes bill to ban all products from China’s Xinjiang
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Wednesday to ban the import of products from China's Xinjiang region, the latest effort in Washington to punish Beijing ...
Jul 14, 2021
Federal lawsuit filed by family of Andrew Brown, who was killed by North Carolina police
(Reuters) - Family members of Andrew Brown, a Black man whose death by a police bullet touched off a string of protests earlier this year, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a North Carolina...
Jul 14, 2021
‘They’re baaaaack’: Two dozen goats eat their way through New York park
By Roselle Chen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two dozen goats from a farm in a bucolic part of New York state are on a city outing - let loose in Manhattan's Riverside Park on Wednesday to munch on invasive we...
Jul 14, 2021
Idaho man who sat in Pence’s chair pleads guilty to Capitol riot charge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Idaho man who sat in then-Vice President Mike Pence's chair during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a criminal charge of obstructing an of...
Jul 14, 2021
U.S. House select committee announces first hearing to probe Jan. 6 attack
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The special congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it would hold i...
Jul 14, 2021
U.S. Justice watchdog blasts FBI for botched probe of ex-USA Gymnastics doctor Nassar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog lambasted the FBI in a scathing report on Wednesday for botching its investigation into sexual abuse allegations against disgrace...
Jul 14, 2021
‘If you don’t leave, you’re dead:’ Oregon wildfire forces hundreds from homes
By Deborah Bloom and Sergio Olmos KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (Reuters) - A growing wildfire in a bone-dry Oregon forest had forced hundreds of people from their homes by Wednesday as it charred more than 200...
Jul 14, 2021
Pelosi praises Senate budget plan as ‘bold, essential investments’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that the $3.5 trillion Senate budget plan "will make bold, essential investments in our values as a nation."...
Jul 14, 2021
In White House visit, singer Oliva Rodrigo urges vaccinations for youth
By Merdie Nzanga WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pop star Olivia Rodrigo, whose album "Sour" is No. 1 on the charts, took to the podium at the White House on Wednesday to encourage young people to get vaccinat...
Jul 14, 2021
