Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Pentagon issues directive on countering China, but offers few details
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued an internal directive calling for several initiatives to counter China, U.S officials said on Wednesday, but few specifics were provid...
Jun 09, 2021
U.S. Representative Val Demings to vie for Republican Marco Rubio’s Senate seat
By Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Val Demings, a Florida Democrat who gained national prominence as one of the House managers in President Donald Trump's first impeachment...
Jun 09, 2021
Republican U.S. Senator Romney says bipartisan infrastructure plan would not raise taxes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Mitt Romney said on Wednesday the bipartisan group working to hammer out a deal on infrastructure would not raise taxes as part of their plan. President ...
Jun 09, 2021
U.S. to buy about 1.7 million courses of Merck’s COVID-19 treatment for $1.2 billion
(Reuters) -Merck & Co Inc said on Wednesday the U.S. government has agreed to buy about 1.7 million courses of the company's experimental COVID-19 treatment, molnupiravir, for about $1.2 billion, if i...
Jun 09, 2021
Gig companies’ push for state-level worker laws faces divided labor movement
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber and other gig economy companies are trying a new approach to ending their battles with unions, and getting ahead of possible federal regulation that could upend their b...
Jun 09, 2021
Gambling habit: nun admits squandering school cash at casinos
(Reuters) - A retired California nun has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud and money laundering charges for stealing more than $835,000 from a school to pay for personal expenses including gambl...
Jun 09, 2021
U.S. pharmacist jailed for three years for tampering with COVID-19 vaccines
(Reuters) - A Wisconsin pharmacist who pleaded guilty to trying to spoil hundreds of doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine because he was skeptical about them has been jailed for three years, the U.S. J...
Jun 09, 2021
Former Virginia Gov McAuliffe wins Democratic nomination for second term -media
(Reuters) - Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe won the Democratic nomination for the state's gubernatorial election on Tuesday, major news organizations forecast, securing his spot in a race tha...
Jun 08, 2021
U.S. Senate passes sweeping bill to address China tech threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 68-32 to approve a sweeping package of legislation intended to boost the country's ability to compete with Chinese technology, as Congress incre...
Jun 08, 2021
U.S. administers 303.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States had administered 303,923,667 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and distributed 372,100,285 doses in the country as of Tuesday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and P...
Jun 08, 2021
