Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. traffic deaths soar to 38,680 in 2020; highest yearly total since 2007
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. traffic deaths soared dramatically after coronavirus lockdowns ended in 2020, hitting the highest yearly total since 2007 as more Americans engaged in u...
Jun 03, 2021
Ex-Treasury employee gets prison for leaks on Trump campaign officials
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former senior U.S. Treasury Department employee who pleaded guilty to conspiring to give a reporter sensitive information about Donald Trump's onetime campai...
Jun 03, 2021
No seditious conspiracy charges emerge in U.S. Capitol riots cases
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly five months after hundreds of Donald Trump supporters launched a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol, prosecutors have not carried out an early threat to...
Jun 03, 2021
Minneapolis crews clearing intersection where George Floyd was murdered
By Nicole Peri and Jonathan Allen MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - The city of Minneapolis on Thursday began the process of reopening to traffic the intersection where George Floyd was murdered by a police off...
Jun 03, 2021
Biden says U.S. to send 25 million COVID-19 vaccines around the world
By Jeff Mason and Carl O'Donnell WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday laid out how the United States would share some 25 million of a planned 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses with th...
Jun 03, 2021
Biden offers to drop corporate tax hike proposal – source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden offered to scrap his proposed corporate tax hike during negotiations with Republicans on an infrastructure package, a source familiar with the matter sa...
Jun 03, 2021
Jamming with the cicadas in New Jersey: a once in 17 years event
By Vanessa Johnston and Kevin Fogarty PRINCETON, New Jersey (Reuters) - For some in the U.S., the emergence of billions of red-eyed cicadas this spring after a 17-year slumber has been met with annoya...
Jun 03, 2021
Biden to meet with UK’s Johnson, Turkey’s Erdogan in overseas trip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to meet with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan during his first overseas trip for NATO and European Union meetings ...
Jun 03, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court limits reach of federal computer fraud law
By Andrew Chung -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday limited the type of conduct that can be prosecuted under a federal computer fraud law, overturning a former Georgia police officer's conviction for ...
Jun 03, 2021
White House warns companies to step up cybersecurity
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House warned corporate executives and business leaders on Thursday to step up security measures to protect against ransomware attacks after intrusions at a meatpacking...
Jun 03, 2021
