Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Labor, green groups urge White House to reject a ‘watered-down’ infrastructure deal
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of environmental and labor groups - two of President Joe Biden's biggest supporters - urged the White House and Democratic congressional leaders on ...
Jun 22, 2021
On ‘Freedom Riders’ 60th anniversary, voting activists ask Biden to do more
By Merdie Nzanga (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden needs to do more to secure voting rights for Black Americans, said activists traveling through the South to commmemorate the historic 'Freedom Rid...
Jun 22, 2021
U.S. fast-food chains cut discounts, push pricy meals post-pandemic
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Restaurant chains including McDonald's Corp and KFC are paring back $5-and-under "value" items in favor of more expensive $10-to-$30 combination meals, a strategy e...
Jun 22, 2021
Flocks of students touring U.S. capital signal life is returning to normal
By Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Athena Tedder, 13, dangled her feet in the fountain of the World War II memorial on the Washington Mall and watched her classmates splash and laugh, soaking ...
Jun 22, 2021
Factbox-What you need to know about New York City’s mayoral contest
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tuesday's primary election for New York City mayor could be the most momentous in a generation, as the Big Apple struggles to emerge from a devastating pandemic. Here...
Jun 22, 2021
Explainer-What is ‘ranked-choice voting,’ the new system for New York’s mayoral election?
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - When New York City voters go to the polls on Tuesday to select their party's mayoral nominee, they will fill out a new kind of ballot that allows them to pick up to five candi...
Jun 22, 2021
Native Americans decry unmarked graves, untold history of boarding schools
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Clarence Smith was fresh off a 24-hour bus trip from his Blackfeet reservation in Montana to the Flandreau Indian School in South Dakota in the late 1980s, where he was sent...
Jun 22, 2021
As NYC faces steep recovery, voters head to polls in mayoral election
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Voters in New York City head to the polls on Tuesday to select Democratic and Republican nominees for mayor, following a campaign dominated by debate over public safety as the...
Jun 22, 2021
Factbox-What are Democrats considering including in a voting rights bill?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Republican-controlled state legislatures pass a wave of laws https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republicans-erect-voting-barriers-across-number-politically-crucial-us-states-20...
Jun 22, 2021
Democrats’ voting rights plan faces long odds in U.S. Senate
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposal to reform U.S. elections that Democrats say is vital to protecting Americans' right to vote hits the Senate floor on Tuesday, where it faces oppositi...
Jun 22, 2021
