Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Analysis-Biden kept a Trump-era border policy in place – that was a mistake, allies say
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has frustrated allies by keeping in place a Trump-era border expulsion policy opposed by human rights activists and health experts, and ha...
Jul 07, 2021
Elsa weakens to tropical storm, heads towards Florida Gulf coast
(Reuters) - Elsa weakened to a tropical storm early on Wednesday and is expected to hit the north Florida Gulf coast later in the morning, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. It had strengthened ...
Jul 07, 2021
U.S. Republican National Committee says its data not accessed in hack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Republican National Committee said on Tuesday an investigation by Microsoft had found that no RNC data had been accessed as a result of a hack of third-party provider S...
Jul 06, 2021
Olympics-Sha’Carri Richardson will not be selected to Tokyo relay team-USATF
(Reuters) -American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson will not be selected to the U.S. 4x100-metre relay team for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo after she accepted a one-month ban for testing positive fo...
Jul 06, 2021
From the air, drone footage of Salton Sea shows California drought impact
(Reuters) - Drone footage taken at the Salton Sea, California's largest inland lake, shows the dramatic effects of the state's worst drought since 1977. Its receding shoreline has caused an ecological...
Jul 06, 2021
Oath Keeper charged with conspiracy in U.S. Capitol attack
By Sarah N. Lynch and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Oath Keeper on Tuesday became the latest member of the right-wing group charged with conspiracy for his alleged role in the attack on the...
Jul 06, 2021
U.S. envoy on North Korea speaks with Chinese counterpart
By Simon Lewis and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States' top envoy for North Korea spoke with his Chinese counterpart on Tuesday, a State Department spokesman said, after Pyongyan...
Jul 06, 2021
The fight by Microsoft and Amazon for the Pentagon’s cloud contract
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Defense Department dealt a blow to Microsoft Corp on Tuesday when the Pentagon announced it was scrapping the Trump-era award of a $10 billion JEDI cloud-computing proje...
Jul 06, 2021
U.S. administers 331.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 331,214,347 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Tuesday morning and distributed 383,068,840 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and P...
Jul 06, 2021
Poorer U.S. households gained nearly a year’s spending from CARES Act – study
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - Federal aid distributed as part of the CARES Act boosted U.S. households' ability to pay their bills after becoming unemployed, with lower-income households seeing the bi...
Jul 06, 2021
