Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Some social media stars chafe at COVID restrictions, angering authorities
By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A handful of social media stars and influencers have publicly flouted rules aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic and even encouraged others to do so, a...
Sep 23, 2020
U.S. House Democrats unveil democracy protection package aimed at Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday unveiled a new package of democratic reforms aimed at President Donald Trump, saying it would curb future presidential abuse and prot...
Sep 23, 2020
U.S. FDA head tells Senate hearing COVID-19 vaccine safety comes first
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday told a U.S. Senate hearing that the agency will vet the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, downplaying t...
Sep 23, 2020
White House is accused of wrongly intervening to block John Bolton book
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - White House officials were accused on Wednesday of improperly trying to block former national security adviser John Bolton from releasing his best-selling memoir by fal...
Sep 23, 2020
White supremacists most persistent extremist threat to U.S. politics: Homeland Security head
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told a congressional hearing on Wednesday that white supremacists are the most persistent extremist threat in U.S. politics, but in ...
Sep 23, 2020
Kentucky to unveil results of Breonna Taylor shooting death probe: local report
(Reuters) - Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron will announce on Wednesday afternoon the decision over whether to bring charges against police officers in the deadly shooting of Breonna Taylor, U...
Sep 23, 2020
New York City mayor announces more furloughs to counter budget shortfall
(Reuters) - Over 9,000 New York City employees will be furloughed for five days between October and March to save about $21 million as the city battles a severe budget shortfall from the coronavirus p...
Sep 23, 2020
Four former eBay workers to plead guilty in U.S. to cyberstalking campaign
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Four former eBay Inc workers have agreed to plead guilty to participating in a cyberstalking campaign against a Massachusetts couple whose online newsletter they vie...
Sep 23, 2020
U.S. watchdog investigating immigration detention center tied to allegations of improper hysterectomies
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said at a congressional hearing on Wednesday that the department's internal watchdog is investigating a Georgia i...
Sep 23, 2020
Exclusive: ECB plots Amazon-style market to prevent Wall Street COVID debt swoop
By John O'Donnell and Matt Scuffham FRANKFURT/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe is working on an Amazon-style website to sell hundreds of billions of euros of bank loans which have been soured by the corona...
Sep 23, 2020
