Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Tyson Foods suspends employees after lawsuit alleges managers bet on workers catching COVID-19
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc said on Thursday it suspended employees without pay and hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct an investigation in response to a ...
Nov 19, 2020
Top Senate Democrat says Republican McConnell has agreed to resume COVID-19 relief talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has agreed to resume COVID-19 relief talks as cases surge across the country, ...
Nov 19, 2020
On brink of collapse, famed Puerto Rico space telescope to close down
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Science Foundation on Thursday announced it will close down the massive space telescope at Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory, ending 57 years ...
Nov 19, 2020
Verizon to sell news website HuffPost to BuzzFeed
(Reuters) - Verizon Media, a unit of Verizon Communications Inc , said on Thursday it would sell its news website HuffPost to BuzzFeed, in a deal that will make it a minority shareholder in the online...
Nov 19, 2020
Federal judge stays execution of lone woman on federal death row
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday agreed to briefly stay the execution of Lisa Montgomery, the lone woman on federal death row, after her attorneys fell ill with COV...
Nov 19, 2020
Trump’s vaccine team will not brief Biden administration: U.S senator
By Patricia Zengerle and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Officials from President Donald Trump's vaccine distribution effort have not briefed anyone on President-elect Joe Biden's transition team...
Nov 19, 2020
New contact tracing apps stir hope for virus fighters in U.S. states
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - A new wave of mobile apps that help track exposure to the coronavirus is coming to U.S. states ahead of the holidays as public health officials bet that rece...
Nov 19, 2020
Second prosecutor resigns from Trump’s police commission
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A second local prosecutor on Thursday asked the U.S. Justice Department to have his name removed from a controversial report on policing reforms, saying he fea...
Nov 19, 2020
Facebook releases first data on hate speech prevalence on its platform
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc for the first time on Thursday disclosed numbers on the prevalence of hate speech on its platform, saying that out of every 10,000 content views in the ...
Nov 19, 2020
U.S. court allows Equitrans to keep building Mountain Valley natgas pipe
By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a motion to stay a permit for the $5.8-$6.0 billion Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to Virginia....
Nov 19, 2020
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