Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Sales of U.S. vacation homes rose twice as fast as other homes last year: study
(Reuters) - The U.S. housing market bounced back quickly last year after the pandemic gave some workers the flexibility to work from anywhere - and demand for vacation homes was especially hot, accord...
Jun 15, 2021
Five U.S. states had coronavirus infections even before first reported cases -study
(Reuters) - At least seven people in five U.S. states were infected with the novel coronavirus weeks before those states reported their first cases, a new government study showed. More than 24,000 blo...
Jun 15, 2021
U.S. power & natgas prices spike in Texas and California heatwaves
(Reuters) - Power and natural gas prices in Texas and California spiked to multimonth highs this week as homes and businesses cranked up their air conditioners to escape brutal heatwaves. In Texas, th...
Jun 15, 2021
U.S. House panel: Justice Department documents show Trump pressed to overturn 2020 election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Documents obtained from the U.S. Department of Justice detail efforts by then President Donald Trump, his chief of staff and other allies to pressure the department to challenge...
Jun 15, 2021
Explainer: California reopens, mostly, on Tuesday
By Jane Lanhee Lee OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - California says it is opening up from COVID-19 restrictions on Tuesday, but tech companies and other offices are not changing as fast as Disneyland, gyms...
Jun 15, 2021
Mobile air traffic control tower aids in California wildfire fight
By Nathan Frandino SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Amid a worsening drought emergency and fires already blazing across California, Titus "Stretch" Gall is gearing up for another long wildfire season. T...
Jun 15, 2021
Biden administration unveils plan to tackle domestic terrorism
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Five months after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Biden administration on Tuesday will unveil new steps to combat the "elevated threat" posed by domestic terrorism, ...
Jun 15, 2021
Georgia man fatally shoots cashier, injures deputy over face mask dispute
(Reuters) - A man shopping at a supermarket in Georgia state on Monday shot and killed the cashier serving him over an argument about his face mask, before wounding an off-duty sheriff's deputy workin...
Jun 14, 2021
Supermarket cashier killed in U.S. state of Georgia in mask-wearing dispute
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A supermarket cashier in the U.S. state of Georgia was shot and killed by a customer on Monday in a dispute over the wearing of a face mask before the gunman was wounded...
Jun 14, 2021
U.S. congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene apologizes for comparing COVID-19 masks to Holocaust
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly apologized on Monday for her remarks last month comparing COVID-19 mask requirements and vaccinat...
Jun 14, 2021
