Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Ghislaine Maxwell is denied bail by U.S. judge
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday denied bail to Ghislaine Maxwell, citing the risk the British socialite could try to flee from charges she assisted in the late financie...
Dec 28, 2020
U.S. to allow small drones to fly over people at night
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday said it is issuing long-awaited rules to allow for small drones to fly over people and at night, a significant step towa...
Dec 28, 2020
Russia gives Kremlin critic Navalny an ultimatum: Return immediately or face jail
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's prison service on Monday gave Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a last minute ultimatum: Fly back from Germany at once and report at a Moscow office early on Tuesday morning, o...
Dec 28, 2020
Actress Lori Loughlin completes prison term in college admissions scam
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Full House" actress Lori Loughlin was released from a Dublin, California, prison after completing a two-month sentence for paying bribes to secure spots for her daughters at a...
Dec 28, 2020
U.S. COVID-19 deaths and new cases drop over Christmas week
(Reuters) - The United States recorded more than 15,000 deaths from COVID-19 and over 1.2 million new cases in the last week, though those numbers may be artificially low due to reporting gaps over th...
Dec 28, 2020
Swiss hand over remaining $150 million to U.S. from massive Ponzi scheme
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland will return $150 million from blocked Swiss bank accounts by the end of the year to the United States to be given to victims of convicted Ponzi scheme con artist Robert ...
Dec 28, 2020
Banks re-open in Ethiopia’s Mekelle for first time since war began
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Banking services have resumed in the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region for the first time since conflict broke out there on Nov. 4, state-run Fana TV reported on Monday,...
Dec 28, 2020
Authorities still searching for motive in Nashville blast
(Reuters) - Federal, state and local law enforcement officers on Monday were searching for the motive behind a bombing that rocked Nashville on Christmas morning, with evidence pointing to the 63-year...
Dec 28, 2020
EU’s marathon COVID vaccination drive off to uneven start
By Francesco Guarascio and Arno Schuetze BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The EU campaign to vaccinate Europeans against COVID-19 has got off to an uneven start in what will be a marathon effort to admi...
Dec 28, 2020
Analysis: New direct listings won’t spell the death of IPOs
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's approval of capital raisings through direct listings will be seized on by some startups, yet most companies will still opt for i...
Dec 28, 2020
