Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Trump public lands agenda threatened by new court ruling – lawyers
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - A federal court ruling that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management had an illegitimate director for more than a year has cast doubt over a slew of the agency's recently comple...
Sep 29, 2020
Stopgap bill funding U.S government through December 11 advances in Senate
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to advance a temporary funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, with final passage of the meas...
Sep 29, 2020
U.S. board cites limo firm in deadly crash with ‘egregious disregard for safety’
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday cited a limousine company's "egregious disregard for safety" in an October 2018 New York crash that killed 20...
Sep 29, 2020
Cleanup efforts for brain-eating amoeba could take months, Texas warns
By Mimi Dwyer (Reuters) - Texas officials said on Tuesday it could take several months to ensure the public water system in Lake Jackson, Texas, is free of a brain-eating amoeba that causes a rare inf...
Sep 29, 2020
Disney to lay off about 28,000 parks unit employees due to coronavirus hit
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co said on Tuesday it will lay off roughly 28,000 employees, mostly at its U.S. theme parks, where attendance has been crushed by the coronavirus p...
Sep 29, 2020
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine appears safe, shows signs of working in older adults: study
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Results from an early safety study of Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine candidate in older adults showed that it produced virus-neutralizing antibodies at leve...
Sep 29, 2020
U.S. House intelligence panel subpoenas top Homeland official over whistleblower complaint
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee has issued a subpoena to compel a senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official to testify abo...
Sep 29, 2020
U.S. astronaut crew on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon to cast ballots from space
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three NASA astronauts launching next month on SpaceX's first operational Crew Dragon mission plan to vote in the upcoming presidential election from the Interna...
Sep 29, 2020
Regeneron says its COVID-19 treatment reduces viral levels, improves symptoms
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc on Tuesday said its experimental two-antibody cocktail reduced viral levels and improved symptoms in non-hospitalized patients with mild-to-m...
Sep 29, 2020
COVID-19 cases among young adults in U.S. rise 55% in August: CDC
By Vishwadha Chander (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases among young adults rose steadily across the United States in recent weeks as universities reopened, suggesting the need for this group to take more m...
Sep 29, 2020
