Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Marilyn Monroe statue returns to Palm Springs, to cheers and jeers
By Norma Galeana (Reuters) - Marilyn Monroe is back in Palm Springs, California, in a big way - but not everyone is thrilled. A 26-ft (7.9-m) tall statue of the Hollywood icon in her famous billowing ...
Jun 24, 2021
Biden heads to North Carolina to tout vaccines as U.S. injections slow
By Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden heads to North Carolina on Thursday to encourage people to get their COVID-19 vaccinations as the rate of inoculations slows despite a nat...
Jun 24, 2021
Biden says deal reached on infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said a deal had been reached on an infrastructure spending plan as he emerged from a meeting with a bipartisan group of senators. "We have a...
Jun 24, 2021
U.S. Justice Dept urges states to help prevent evictions during COVID-19 pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday urged state courts to adopt strategies that will prevent families who are struggling to pay rent from being evicted from their homes duri...
Jun 24, 2021
Rudy Giuliani is suspended from law practice over Trump, election comments
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Rudy Giuliani was suspended from law practice in New York state on Thursday, after a state appeals court found he had lied in arguing that the 2020 presidential election was stolen...
Jun 24, 2021
Pelosi announces creation of new committee to probe Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday there will be a new House committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, after Senate Repub...
Jun 24, 2021
Biden administration extends residential eviction ban until end of July
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday said it was extending the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) COVID-19 residential eviction moratorium un...
Jun 24, 2021
U.S. government prepares to issue landmark report on UFOs
By Pavithra George, Steve Gorman and Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government, once openly dismissive of UFO sightings that for decades sparked the popular imagination, is poised to issu...
Jun 24, 2021
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; first quarter GDP unrevised at 6.4%
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic gains traction amid a reopening ec...
Jun 24, 2021
U.S. Senate panel to vote on gun control advocate to lead firearms enforcement agency
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday will vote on whether to advance the nomination of gun control advocate David Chipman, President Joe Biden's cho...
Jun 24, 2021
