Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. announces charges in COVID-19 ‘puppy scam’
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A Cameroon man has been charged by the U.S. government with exploiting the coronavirus pandemic by defrauding people seeking companionship into buying puppies online th...
Dec 07, 2020
Quick-thinking lifeguard saves Oregon surfer after shark attack
By Peter Szekely (Reuters) - An off-duty lifeguard's quick thinking may have saved the life of an Oregon surfer who was the victim of a relatively rare shark attack in the state's chilly waters, a spo...
Dec 07, 2020
U.S. House to vote Wednesday on one-week government funding bill: Hoyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on a one-week stopgap funding bill to provide time for lawmakers to negotiate a long-term, overarching spending plan to ...
Dec 07, 2020
Trump adviser Navarro violated law against political activity: federal watchdog
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's trade adviser Peter Navarro knowingly and willfully violated federal law by attacking then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe B...
Dec 07, 2020
Trump to sign order giving priority access for COVID vaccines to Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday to ensure that priority access for COVID-19 vaccines procured by the U.S. government is given to Americans, a seni...
Dec 07, 2020
Georgia recertifies U.S. presidential election results, confirming Biden victory
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Georgia recertified the state's results in the Nov. 3 presidential election on Monday, confirming that Democratic President-elect Joe Biden had won the state, according to a pre...
Dec 07, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court hears World War Two-era Jewish property claims
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lingering legacy of World War Two reached the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday as the justices weighed two cases involving claims by Jews in Germany and Hunga...
Dec 07, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 281,253 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported 14,636,914 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 174,387 from its previous count, and said that the numb...
Dec 07, 2020
Trump says his attorney Giuliani is doing well, does not have fever
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's hospitalized personal attorney Rudy Giuliani is doing well and does not have a temperature, the president said on Monday at the White House. Giulia...
Dec 07, 2020
California becomes biggest U.S. state to launch virus contact-tracing app
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - California on Monday announced an app to help people track their exposure to the coronavirus, becoming the biggest U.S. state to take advantage of new techno...
Dec 07, 2020
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