Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
San Francisco nearing vote to drastically cut refinery pollution with new tech
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) - California air quality regulators will likely vote in July on a plan that would require two San Francisco-area refineries to install technology to curb pollution that exa...
Jun 15, 2021
U.S. Senator Rubio plans legislation to address Russia cyberattacks -letter
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee urged President Joe Biden on Tuesday to tell Russia that Washington will meet any future cybera...
Jun 15, 2021
Democrats to Biden: No climate provisions, no vote for infrastructure deal
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Senate Democrats said on Tuesday they would not vote for an infrastructure bill that omits key measures aimed at combatting climate change, putting pres...
Jun 15, 2021
U.S. Senate confirms Big Tech critic Lina Khan to FTC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Lina Khan, an antitrust researcher who has focused her work on Big Tech's immense market power, to be a commissioner on the Federal T...
Jun 15, 2021
Fireworks to sparkle over Washington sky on July 4 after pandemic pause
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The annual fireworks display on the National Mall will go ahead this July 4 as the United States recovers from the coronavirus pandemic that has nixed large gatherings for more ...
Jun 15, 2021
New York governor lifts remaining COVID-19 restrictions
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday he is lifting all state-mandated coronavirus restrictions after reporting that 70% of New York adults have received at least one dos...
Jun 15, 2021
U.S. agriculture chief backs proposed meatpacking investigator
(Reuters) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Tuesday threw his support behind a proposal to establish a special investigator to address concerns about anti-competitive practices in the meat a...
Jun 15, 2021
Two dead in workplace shooting at Alabama fire hydrant plant
(Reuters) - An employee opened fire at a fire hydrant factory in Albertville, Alabama, early Tuesday morning, killing two people and wounding at least two others before apparently turning the gun on h...
Jun 15, 2021
Biden administration pushes for Boston Marathon bomber death sentence
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has urged the Supreme Court to reinstate the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, despite ...
Jun 15, 2021
U.S. senator says working on companion bills to House antitrust measures
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Amy Klobuchar, who chairs the Senate antitrust subcommittee, said that work is underway on companion legislation to antitrust bills introduced in the U.S....
Jun 15, 2021
