Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Former UAW president sentenced to 28 months in jail for embezzling union funds
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) -A former president of the United Auto Workers, Gary Jones, on Thursday was sentenced to 28 months in jail for embezzling union funds as part of a larger federal probe...
Jun 10, 2021
CDC: heart inflammation cases in ages 16-24 higher than expected after mRNA COVID-19 shots
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Preliminary findings from two vaccine safety monitoring systems suggest a higher-than-expected number of cases of heart inflammation after the second dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine...
Jun 10, 2021
Senate Republican leader McConnell open to new infrastructure plan -Collins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has told fellow Republicans he is open to a new bipartisan infrastructure plan, Republican Senator Susan Collins said on Thursday. McC...
Jun 10, 2021
With AOC’s backing, Wiley cements liberal support in volatile NYC mayoral race
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - For months, a trio of liberal Democratic candidates in New York City's mayoral race has vied for the mantle of progressive standard-bearer in a crowded field. In rece...
Jun 10, 2021
COVID-19 takes center stage at U.S. primate center
By Nathan Frandino COVINGTON, La. (Reuters) - On a 500-acre plot of land near a small Louisiana town north of New Orleans, about 5,000 monkeys climb and lounge in an enclosure. Many of the primates, m...
Jun 10, 2021
Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ readies guilty plea in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Emma Coronel Aispuro, is due to plead guilty on Thursday in Washington, where she has been accused of helping her husban...
Jun 10, 2021
Hoover Dam reservoir hits record low, in sign of extreme western U.S. drought
By Daniel Trotta and Andrea Januta (Reuters) - The reservoir created by Hoover Dam, an engineering marvel that symbolized the American ascendance of the 20th Century, has sunk to its lowest level ever...
Jun 10, 2021
Bruised by border politics, some Biden officials cling to Trump restrictions
By Kristina Cooke and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jasibi says she fled her hometown in Honduras after a gang killed her parents and gave her 24 hours to leave the country. The 37-year-old headed...
Jun 10, 2021
Louisiana police probing unit involved in Ronald Greene case for excessive force, racism- AP
Reuters) - The Louisiana State Police unit involved in the deadly May 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene is under investigation over whether its officers are systematically targeting Black motorists for abu...
Jun 09, 2021
Ex-White House lawyer was ‘perturbed’ by Trump effort to halt Russia probe -transcript
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House lawyer Don McGahn told congressional investigators that he was "perturbed" by Donald Trump's efforts to shut down the U.S. Special Counsel invest...
Jun 09, 2021
