Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden says he has asked Fauci to stay on and advise COVID team
By Trevor Hunnicutt WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden has asked top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci to continue in his job and serve as chief medical adviser to t...
Dec 03, 2020
‘No harvests’: Peru farm protests grip country, turn deadly
By Maria Cervantes LIMA (Reuters) - Protests by farm workers demanding better wages in Peru raged on for a fourth day Thursday, spreading north into key agricultural areas of the Andean nation, derail...
Dec 03, 2020
U.S. military families in South Korea? Top U.S. general wants a rethink
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. general on Thursday suggested he favored an overhaul of a longstanding military policy that sends thousands of family members to live with forces de...
Dec 03, 2020
California governor unveils plan for regional lockdowns as ICUs near capacity
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California's governor announced plans to impose COVID-19 stay-at-home orders on a regional basis, with new restrictions on social and economic activities to be triggered...
Dec 03, 2020
Coronavirus claims 1.5 million lives globally with 10,000 dying each day
By Shaina Ahluwalia and Sangameswaran S (Reuters) - Over 1.5 million people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 with one death reported every nine seconds on a weekly average, as vaccinations are se...
Dec 03, 2020
Judges skeptical of bid by alleged Epstein victims to void non-prosecution deal
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - U.S. appeals court judges appeared skeptical on Thursday of voiding a 2007 deal that shielded Jeffrey Epstein from child sex charges that one of his alleged victims says preven...
Dec 03, 2020
Trump spy chief labels China biggest threat to freedom since World War Two
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. intelligence official stepped up President Donald Trump's harsh attacks on Beijing on Thursday by labeling China the biggest threat to democracy a...
Dec 03, 2020
Trump signing order on principles for U.S. government AI use
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said President Donald Trump is signing an executive order on Thursday setting guidance for federal agency use of artificial intelligence that...
Dec 03, 2020
Residents ordered to leave as wildfire erupts in California’s Orange County
(Reuters) - Residents were ordered to evacuate parts of Orange County in Southern California early on Thursday morning as a wildfire that ignited overnight grew to nearly 4,000 acres, driven by strong...
Dec 03, 2020
Exclusive: Biden must use sanctions as leverage against Venezuela’s Maduro, U.S. envoy says
By Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. envoy on Venezuela called on the incoming Biden administration on Thursday to use the leverage he believes has been gained from...
Dec 03, 2020
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