Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Fired-up New Yorkers stand in line for hours to cast early votes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers jammed polling places and stood in line for hours to cast ballots on the state's first day of early voting on Saturday, rushing to record their choices 10 days ahead o...
Oct 24, 2020
Jared and Ivanka threaten lawsuit over Times Square billboards
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's daughter and son-in-law, both top White House aides, are threatening to sue a group of anti-Trump Republicans for posting billboard a...
Oct 24, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 223,393 total deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 8,469,976 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 82,929 cases from its previous count, and said that the nu...
Oct 24, 2020
‘Fingers crossed and prayers’: Colorado wildfire kills couple, forces more evacuations
(Reuters) - Residents remaining in Estes Park, in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park, were told to evacuate their homes on Saturday as wind gusts fanned the second largest wildfire in state histo...
Oct 24, 2020
Thai protesters plan action after PM ignores deadline to quit
By Orathai Sriring and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters in Thailand said on Saturday they would hold demonstrations on Sunday and Monday after Prime Minister Prayuth...
Oct 24, 2020
French hospitals will feel impact of accelerating infections in two weeks: minister
PARIS (Reuters) - French hospitals cannot avoid the impact of the rapidly spreading coronavirus epidemic, the health minister said on Saturday. The spread of the virus in France has accelerated rapidl...
Oct 24, 2020
Nigeria’s megacity Lagos reopens as curfew relaxed after protest shootings unrest
By Angela Ukomadu LAGOS (Reuters) - Workers began a clean up of the streets of Lagos on Saturday after the relaxation of a round-the-clock curfew after days of unrest sparked by the shooting of protes...
Oct 24, 2020
Belarus president Lukashenko speaks by phone to Pompeo: media
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko, who is facing an opposition threat of a national strike, spoke by phone with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday, state media rep...
Oct 24, 2020
Exclusive: Leading investors in Ant Shanghai IPO submit bids in 68-69 yuan/share range, say sources
By Julie Zhu, Kane Wu and Samuel Shen HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Some large Chinese fund managers have submitted bids in the range of 68-69 yuan per share for the Shanghai leg of the financial tec...
Oct 24, 2020
New Florida resident Trump casts presidential ballot for himself
By Steve Holland WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump voted in his new home state of Florida on Saturday, casting his ballot for his re-election at a public library across the...
Oct 24, 2020
