Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump asks Supreme Court to block deadline extension for North Carolina ballot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's campaign asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Sunday to block North Carolina's plan for counting absentee ballots that arrive after Nov. 3's Election Day, th...
Oct 25, 2020
U.S. announces new Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire as fighting persists
By Nailia Bagirova and Humeyra Pamuk BAKU/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Sunday said a new humanitarian ceasefire will take effect on Monday in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia...
Oct 25, 2020
U.S. State Dept confirms paused diversity training, says committed to inclusion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Sunday it has suspended employee training programs related to diversity and inclusion, confirming a Reuters exclusive a day before, but affirme...
Oct 25, 2020
New York reports half a million COVID-19 cases as infections surge nationwide
By Shaina Ahluwalia and Anurag Maan (Reuters) - New York, the former epicenter of the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic, became on Sunday the fourth U.S. state to surpass half a million coronavirus cases amid a ...
Oct 25, 2020
Putin rejects Donald Trump’s criticism of Biden family business
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that he saw nothing criminal in Hunter Biden's past business ties with Ukraine or Russia, marking out his disagreeme...
Oct 25, 2020
Dunkin’ Brands prepares to sell itself, go private: NYT
(Reuters) - The parent of the Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin Robbins chains, Dunkin Brands Group Inc , is nearing a deal to sell itself to a private equity-backed restaurant company for $106 per share, the...
Oct 25, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 224,221 total deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 8,553,827 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 83,851 cases from its previous count, and said that the numb...
Oct 25, 2020
Seventh child dies as Cameroon reels from shooting attack on school
By Josiane Kouagheu and Blaise Eyong KUMBA, Cameroon (Reuters) - A 12-year-old girl died on Sunday from wounds sustained when gunmen stormed a school in the South West Region of Cameroon on Saturday a...
Oct 25, 2020
First Black American cardinal is outspoken civil rights advocate
By Andrea Shalal (Reuters) - Wilton Gregory, the first African American to be named as cardinal and known as a refined diplomat, made headlines when he blasted President Donald Trump's photo opportuni...
Oct 25, 2020
Pelosi to seek top U.S. House job again if Democrats keep majority
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will seek to continue to keep her position as the head of the U.S. House of Representatives if Democrats keep control of the chamber in the Nov. ...
Oct 25, 2020
