Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Mother of U.S. teenager in Wisconsin shootings to testify at extradition hearing
(Reuters) - Lawyers for the teenager accused of fatally shooting two protesters and wounding a third are planning to elicit testimony from his mother and four experts in a bid to prevent his extraditi...
Oct 30, 2020
Did Donald Trump make America great again?
(Reuters) - Saying he knew best what ailed America and often governing by executive order, President Donald Trump dismantled or disrupted multilateral pacts, overhauled tax and immigration systems and...
Oct 30, 2020
Democrats count on independents to hold Montana governor’s mansion
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - Democrat Mike Cooney's recent ad in his race to become governor of Montana shows the white-haired 66-year-old rocking out on a drum set, wryly bemoaning having given up...
Oct 30, 2020
Two popular state governors put West in play for Senate Democrats
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A pair of popular two-term state governors have put Democrats within striking range of winning control of the U.S. Senate after Tuesday's election, and with bett...
Oct 30, 2020
As election looms, U.S. authorities seek to separate bluster from threats
By Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke and Ned Parker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When former special agent Tom O'Connor held a training session for new recruits this month at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's ...
Oct 30, 2020
Why the U.S. military would welcome a decisive 2020 election win
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Politics aside, there is one outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election that could bring some relief to Pentagon planners: a clear-cut victory...
Oct 30, 2020
Exclusive: Russian hackers targeted California, Indiana Democratic parties
By Raphael Satter, Christopher Bing and Joel Schectman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The group of Russian hackers accused of meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election earlier this year targeted the ema...
Oct 30, 2020
Why NASA’s moonshot, Boeing, Bezos and Musk have a lot riding on U.S. election
By Joey Roulette and Eric M. Johnson WASHINGTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's differences with rival presidential candidate Joe Biden extend far beyond planet earth. President Trum...
Oct 30, 2020
France on alert as official warns of more militant attacks after Nice church killings
By Tangi Salan PARIS, France (Reuters) - France's interior minister said on Thursday more militant attacks on its soil were likely and the country was engaged in a war against Islamist ideology follow...
Oct 30, 2020
Killings in France trigger Bangladesh protests against Macron
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Muslims protested in Bangladesh on Friday after killings by a Tunisian migrant in a French church prompted a vow by President Emmanuel Macron to hold his gro...
Oct 30, 2020
