Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Health workers sue Texas hospital over compulsory vaccinations – Washington Post
(Reuters) - A group of 117 healthcare workers at a Texas hospital filed a lawsuit in state court against their employer's mandate requiring all staff to get COVID-19 vaccinations, Washington Post repo...
May 29, 2021
Texas lawmakers to vote on Republican-backed voting limits
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Texas lawmakers are set to vote on a sweeping election reform bill that limits early hours to cast ballots, bans drive-through polling sites and places new requirements ...
May 29, 2021
U.S. administers 293.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States had administered 293,705,050 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 366,314,625 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
May 29, 2021
U.S. fails to intercept test missile target
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. warship failed to intercept a medium-range ballistic missile test target on Saturday, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said. "The objective of the test was to demonstrate ...
May 29, 2021
California governor orders review of death row inmate’s conviction
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday ordered an independent investigation into the high-profile clemency petition of death row inmate Kevin Cooper, who ma...
May 28, 2021
U.S. agency says employers can mandate COVID-19 vaccination
(Reuters) - U.S. companies can mandate that employees in a workplace must be vaccinated against COVID-19, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said on Friday. The EEOC, in a statement po...
May 28, 2021
U.S. government seeks to dismiss suit against Trump, Washington Post says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against former President Donald Trump, former Attorney General William Barr and other offi...
May 28, 2021
Idaho governor repeals mask ban that political rival signed in his absence
(Reuters) - Idaho's governor on Friday repealed a ban on COVID-19 mask mandates that his lieutenant governor signed while he was out of state, calling his fellow Republican's actions "tyranny" and a "...
May 28, 2021
U.S. movie theaters remove mask mandate for vaccinated people
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Masks are no longer required at the three main movie theater chains in the United States for people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to updated guide...
May 28, 2021
Biden budget drops Hyde Amendment to allow public funding of abortion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's proposed 2022 budget omits a ban on federal funding for most abortions that has been part of government spending bills for decades. The budget, releas...
May 28, 2021
