Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
New York transit agency to borrow a second time from Fed program
(Reuters) - New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on Wednesday authorized borrowing up to $2.9 billion from a U.S. Federal Reserve loan program to aid its coronavirus-battered budget....
Nov 18, 2020
Explainer: What is happening with the Keystone XL oil pipeline?
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - TC Energy Corp says it is continuing to advance its Keystone XL (KXL) oil pipeline, the $9 billion project that would move oil from the province of Alberta...
Nov 18, 2020
U.S. travel restrictions at Canada, Mexico borders set to be extended until Dec. 21 — official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States' land borders with Canada and Mexico are expected to remain closed to non-essential travel until at least Dec. 21 amid a rising number of American coronavirus ...
Nov 18, 2020
New York City public schools to close on Thursday as COVID-19 cases rise: mayor
(Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday that the city's public school district, the largest in the U.S., would be closed for in-person learning starting on Thursday to ward of...
Nov 18, 2020
Chinese-American Raytheon engineer sentenced to prison for technology exports
By Mark Hosenball (Reuters) - A Chinese-American electrical engineer who worked for Raytheon Missile and Defense was sentence on Wednesday to 38 months in prison after pleading guilty to violating U.S...
Nov 18, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. investigators were told to take ‘no further action’ on Caterpillar, ex-client of Barr
By Aram Roston WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Before William Barr became President Donald Trump's choice to lead the U.S. Department of Justice, he represented Caterpillar Inc, a Fortune 100 company, in a fed...
Nov 18, 2020
Biden campaign expects Georgia’s election result to be certified soon
(Reuters) - The U.S. presidential election result that handed the battleground state of Georgia to Joe Biden will be certified after counties meet a recount deadline on Wednesday, a Democratic campaig...
Nov 18, 2020
House Democrats back Pelosi for another term as speaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to keep House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her job for another two years, despite the Nov. 3 elections in which the ...
Nov 18, 2020
U.S. death toll from COVID-19 nears quarter million as infection rates soar
By Gabriella Borter and Anurag Maan (Reuters) - The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States approached 250,000 on Wednesday, the day after the country recorded the highest number of victims in n...
Nov 18, 2020
Former U.S. Green Beret soldier pleads guilty to Russian spy conspiracy
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A one-time officer in the elite U.S. Green Beret special forces unit has pleaded guilty to charges he conspired to provide American defense secrets to Russian ...
Nov 18, 2020
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