Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Philippines scrambles to rescue thousands after Typhoon Vamco
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine coast guard and disaster agencies scrambled on Saturday to rescue thousands in a northern province flooded by Typhoon Vamco, the country's deadliest cyclone this year. Do...
Nov 13, 2020
Prosecutors ask Barr to rescind memo on U.S. vote counting irregularities – Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are asking Attorney General William Barr to rescind a memo issued earlier this week that instructed them to publicly investigate "substantial" allegations of vo...
Nov 13, 2020
Israeli operatives killed al Qaeda’s No. 2 leader in Iran in August – New York Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's second-in-command, accused of helping to mastermind the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran in August by Israeli operatives acting at th...
Nov 13, 2020
Environmental groups appeal Illinois order allowing Dakota pipeline expansion
By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Environmental groups are appealing a decision made last month by Illinois regulators to allow the expansion of the Dakota Access oil pipeline (DAPL), according to...
Nov 13, 2020
U.S. judge again blocks Wyoming oil drilling over agency climate analysis
(Reuters) - A federal court judge on Friday for the second time in two years blocked drilling on more than 300,000 acres in Wyoming because the government failed to adequately consider its impact on c...
Nov 13, 2020
Google at odds with U.S. over protective order for firms tied to lawsuit: court filing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google and the U.S. Justice Department have failed to reach agreement over a protective order for third parties like Microsoft that provided data to the government fo...
Nov 13, 2020
Ex-tennis academy president gets three months in prison for U.S. college scam
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - The former president of a private tennis academy in Texas was sentenced on Friday to three months in prison after admitting he acted as a middleman to pay bribes to ...
Nov 13, 2020
Trump predicts coronavirus vaccine will be widely available as soon as April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he expects a coronavirus vaccine to be available for the entire population as soon as April, amid a crush of new infections of the dea...
Nov 13, 2020
Before Biden inauguration, 70,000 more Americans could die from COVID-19
By Howard Schneider, Heather Timmons and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to make controlling the coronavirus a top priority and is likely to push for ma...
Nov 13, 2020
As Trump refuses to concede defeat, far right groups plan show of support in Washington
By Kristina Cooke, Ned Parker and Ted Hesson (Reuters) - Far right groups and other backers of U.S. President Donald Trump plan to rally in Washington on Saturday in a public show of support for his u...
Nov 13, 2020
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