Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden adviser says COVID-19 aid deal should not hamper Fed emergency lending
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's incoming chief economic adviser said on Friday a coronavirus relief plan under negotiation in Congress should not include a provision that would...
Dec 18, 2020
Google trial judge suggests potential trial date, and it’s in 2023
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The judge hearing the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust case against Alphabet Inc's Google suggested a trial date of Sept. 12, 2023, on Friday. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ...
Dec 18, 2020
New York City changes admissions at many schools to ease racial segregation
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City is overhauling how it admits students to some of its most competitive public schools to make them less segregated by race and wealth, Mayor Bill de...
Dec 18, 2020
Murdoch receives COVID-19 vaccine as Fox News host casts suspicion on campaign
By Kenneth Li (Reuters) - Media baron Rupert Murdoch received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine this week, a day before prominent opinion host Fox News's Tucker Carlson raised suspicion over the marketin...
Dec 18, 2020
Analysis-Debate over pulling fuses widens regulatory cracks on 737 MAX
By Allison Lampert and Jamie Freed (Reuters) - Boeing's 737 MAX is set to return to the skies in Canada with a local twist in the cockpit, after Ottawa became the last major Western regulator to lift ...
Dec 18, 2020
SolarWinds hackers broke into U.S. cable firm and Arizona county, web records show
By Jack Stubbs and Ryan McNeill LONDON (Reuters) - Suspected Russian hackers accessed the systems of a U.S. internet provider and a county government in Arizona as part of a sprawling cyber-espionage ...
Dec 18, 2020
U.S. lawmakers say Trump administration giving few details on hack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration offered lawmakers few details about the recent hacking campaign against the U.S. Government, several members of Congress said on Friday following a clas...
Dec 18, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court throws out challenge to Trump census immigrant plan
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday threw out a lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump's plan to exclude immigrants living in the United States illegall...
Dec 18, 2020
Senior Chinese diplomat Wang says U.S. should replace sanctions with dialogue
(Reuters) - The United States should choose dialogue and consultation with China instead of pursuing "unacceptable" unilateral sanctions against Chinese companies, China's State Councillor and foreign...
Dec 18, 2020
Analysis-Spillover from Tigray conflict adds to pressure on Sudan
By Khalid Abdelaziz, Ali Mirghani and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM/DUBAI (Reuters) - Clashes along Sudan's eastern border and the influx of tens of thousands of refugees from neighbouring Ethiopia have add...
Dec 18, 2020
