Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Grand jury indicts six men for Michigan governor kidnap plot
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Six men facing charges of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer were indicted by a grand jury this week, the U.S. attorney's office for western Michigan s...
Dec 17, 2020
From bows to handshakes, how Macron let social distancing slip
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - Once an early adopter of the coronavirus-proof 'namaste' greeting, French President Emmanuel Macron was showing signs of letting his guard down almost a year into the ...
Dec 17, 2020
Trump says he is not involved in potential prosecution of Hunter Biden
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he had "NOTHING to do" with any potential prosecution of President-Elect Joe Biden's son, Hunter. In a tweet, Trump s...
Dec 17, 2020
U.S. senator says COVID-19 deal likely to stretch into weekend -CNBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers will likely finalize a COVID-19 aid deal and government spending bill on Saturday, forcing them to pass a short-term stopgap funding measure to avoid a government...
Dec 17, 2020
Video purportedly released by Boko Haram claims to show kidnapped Nigerian schoolboys
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - A video circulating on social media on Thursday purportedly showed Islamist militant group Boko Haram with some of the hundreds of schoolboys kidnapped last week in northwest Nig...
Dec 17, 2020
COVID-19 kills daily record 3,580 in U.S. as second vaccine nears approval
(Reuters) - U.S. coronavirus deaths soared to a daily record of 3,580 and hospitalizations rose for the 19th straight day on Wednesday, ramping up the stakes as regulators on Thursday considered wheth...
Dec 17, 2020
Google wins EU antitrust nod for $2.1 billion Fitbit deal
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google won EU antitrust approval on Thursday for its $2.1 billion bid for Fitbit after agreeing restrictions on how it will use customers' health relate...
Dec 17, 2020
Anger grows over insecurity in northern Nigeria after kidnaps
By Afolabi Sotunde and Ismail Abba KATSINA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Protesters marched in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday under a banner reading #BringBackOurBoys as pressure mounted on the government to...
Dec 17, 2020
Prominent Ukrainian politician dies from COVID-19 complications
KYIV (Reuters) - One of Ukraine's best known veteran politicians, Gennady Kernes, died in Germany in the early hours of Thursday from complications caused by the coronavirus, local authorities and mem...
Dec 17, 2020
Russia’s Putin blames Washington for starting new arms race
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday blamed the United States for starting a new arms race, saying Moscow had been forced to develop hypersonic weapons in response. Respondi...
Dec 17, 2020
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