Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. prosecutors in plea talks with Oath Keepers on Capitol riot
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal prosecutors have opened talks about plea deals with members of the far-right Oath Keepers group charged with joining the deadly attack on the Capitol, ...
Jun 01, 2021
Biden says nearly 14% of his 1,500 agency appointees identify as LGBTQ
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 14% of U.S. President Joe Biden's 1,500 federal agency appointees identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer, he said on Tuesday in a procl...
Jun 01, 2021
Florida joins states to ban transgender girls from sports
(Reuters) - Florida on Tuesday became the latest and by far the largest state to ban transgender women and girls from participating in school sports, part of a campaign in statehouses nationwide this ...
Jun 01, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court endorses tribal police power in Montana dispute
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed Native American tribal police powers, backing the authority of a tribal officer in Montana to stop and search a non...
Jun 01, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs J&J appeal over $2 billion baby powder judgment
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Johnson & Johnson's bid to overturn a $2.12 billion damages award to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on...
Jun 01, 2021
Meet the U.S. students confronting racism, injustice and a pandemic
(Reuters) - One young woman grew alarmed when she saw Confederate flags pop up around her small town. Another student often quietly knitted to persevere through stress. A Black teenager in the South f...
Jun 01, 2021
Biden to host Republican Capito Wednesday for infrastructure talks -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will host Republican U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito on Wednesday for infrastructure talks, the White House said, as the Democratic administration works wi...
Jun 01, 2021
U.S. cities hire specialists to counter climate change as impacts worsen
By Ned Parker NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tucson hired a forester. Miami named a heat officer. And Los Angeles appointed a climate emergency mobilization director. Across the United States, cities have launc...
Jun 01, 2021
Cruise urges Biden to back autonomous vehicle deployment boost
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cruise LLC, the autonomous vehicle (AV) company majority-owned by General Motors Co, has urged President Joe Biden to back efforts to speed thousands of self...
Jun 01, 2021
Native American tribes revive horse heritage with bareback races in Oklahoma
By Stephanie Keith PAWHUSKA, Okla. (Reuters) - Native American tribes from the United States and Canada converged on Oklahoma for the Indian Relay Horse Race this weekend, helping to revive horse heri...
Jun 01, 2021
