Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. FDA panel backs Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for protecting infants
(Reuters) - Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday backed the safety and effectiveness of Pfizer Inc's experimental respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, boosting its chanc...
May 18, 2023
Hollywood actors’ union asks members to authorize possible strike
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The board of Hollywood's actors union asked members on Thursday to give negotiators the power to call a strike, a move that would add new pressure to major stu...
May 18, 2023
US House member ‘pauses’ subpoena attempt over Afghanistan cable
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Thursday he accepted the State Department's invitation to view a classif...
May 18, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court dismisses dispute over Title 42 border expulsions
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a case in which Republicans sought to keep in place a policy introduced under former President Donald Trump that had let Americ...
May 18, 2023
Tour estimates lowest Kansas winter wheat yield in over two decades
By Tom Polansek MANHATTAN, Kansas (Reuters) - Wheat yield potential in Kansas was estimated at 30.0 bushels per acre (bpa) on Thursday by crop scouts on an annual Wheat Quality Council tour, the lowes...
May 18, 2023
US steel bridges need better maintenance to prevent collapse, safety board says
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday urged federal and state officials to improve maintenance oversight for more than 10,000 U.S. bridges mad...
May 18, 2023
US senator Feinstein suffered more complications from illness than publicly disclosed- NYT
(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, who returned to Washington in May after a months-long absence due to shingles, suffered more complications from the illness than were publicly disclosed, the...
May 18, 2023
U.S. Air Force to award sixth-generation fighter contract in 2024
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force intends to award a contract in 2024 for its sixth-generation fighter jet, the service said on Thursday. Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Northrop Grumman are expec...
May 18, 2023
US VP Harris, economic adviser Brainard warn of recession if debt default occurs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden's top economic adviser, Lael Brainard, said on Thursday that a U.S. debt default would throw the economy into a recession. I...
May 18, 2023
Biden appeals court nominee Delaney expected to be withdrawn – source
By Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) - The nomination of former New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney to a U.S. federal appeals court is expected to be withdrawn amid opposition from both Democrat...
May 18, 2023
