Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. financial executive dies by suicide as firm faces fraud claims
By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON (Reuters) - The co-founder of a Florida financial firm facing investor lawsuits alleging securities fraud has died by suicide, and a spokesperson on Monday denied wrongdo...
Jun 14, 2021
Two Republican U.S. senators introduce antitrust bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senators Mike Lee and Chuck Grassley introduced a bill on Tuesday that would move all antitrust enforcement to the Justice Department, stripping the Federal Trade Com...
Jun 14, 2021
U.S. Senate Republicans to discuss details of new infrastructure plan
By Susan Cornwell and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans are due to hear details on Tuesday about a bipartisan proposal to revitalize America's roads and bridges, which lawmak...
Jun 14, 2021
Wasabi the Pekingese won Westminster Dog Show with pride and lots of steps, says Kennel Club
By Roselle Chen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wasabi, a fuzzy Pekingese with a black and brown face and soulful eyes, was the top dog in New York on Monday, posing at the Empire State Building a day after winn...
Jun 14, 2021
U.S. Senate confirms Biden appointee seen as Supreme Court contender
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats overcame Republican opposition on Monday as the U.S. Senate voted to confirm federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, seen as a possible future Supreme ...
Jun 14, 2021
Virginia couple plead guilty in U.S. Capitol riot, setting precedent
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Virginia couple on Monday pleaded guilty to demonstrating unlawfully in the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack, a misdemeanor with a sentence of up to six mont...
Jun 14, 2021
Biden says Republican Party numbers ‘vastly diminished’ under Trump
By Steve Holland BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden views the Republican Party as vastly diminished in numbers even as it remains in lockstep with the man he defeated, former President Dona...
Jun 14, 2021
FBI warns that QAnon followers could engage in ‘real-world violence’
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has warned that followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory could again engage in violence against political opponents out of frustration that the theory'...
Jun 14, 2021
Brutal heatwave to descend on U.S. West, prompting fire warnings
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A heatwave already punishing parts of the U.S. Southwest on Monday was expected to move into California this week, prompting the forecasters to warn of health a...
Jun 14, 2021
Vaccinated visitors to Disney’s U.S. parks can ditch face masks in most areas
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fully vaccinated visitors to Walt Disney Co's U.S. theme parks will not be required to wear face masks in most areas starting on Tuesday, the company said, as the country's COV...
Jun 14, 2021
