Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Minnesota governor activates national guard following developments in George Floyd case
(Reuters) - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said he has activated the Minnesota National Guard as a "precautionary step" following developments in the case of George Floyd. A judge on Thursday dismissed a...
Oct 22, 2020
Protest planned over police shooting of Black couple in Illinois
(Reuters) - Protesters planned to gather on Thursday in Waukegan, Illinois, to bring attention to a police shooting that killed a Black man and wounded his girlfriend, a local Black Lives Matter organ...
Oct 22, 2020
U.S. nuclear plants in South Carolina, Missouri face the highest quake risks: report
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. nuclear power reactors facing the highest risks of a meltdown from earthquakes are not in tremor-prone California, but states including South Carolin...
Oct 22, 2020
Biden proposes panel to study reforming ‘out of whack’ U.S. judiciary
(Reuters) - Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden said that if elected he would put together a bipartisan commission of scholars to examine reforming a federal judiciary he called "out of wha...
Oct 22, 2020
Moderna completes enrollment in large COVID-19 vaccine study
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Thursday it had completed the enrollment of 30,000 participants in a late-stage study testing its experimental coronavirus vaccine, with over a third of the participant...
Oct 22, 2020
Risk of inflight spread of COVID-19 ‘very low’, not zero: WHO
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The risk of COVID-19 spreading on flights appears "very low" but cannot be ruled out, despite studies showing only a small number of cases, the World Health Org...
Oct 22, 2020
Pelosi says COVID-19 relief talks on ‘good path’: MSNBC interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said negotiators were making progress in ongoing talks with the Trump administration for another round of financial aid amid the COVI...
Oct 22, 2020
U.S. weekly jobless claims push lower; many exhausting their benefits
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, but remained very high as the labor market recovery show...
Oct 22, 2020
Ahead of U.S. election, Europe eyes an ally in climate change fight
By Kate Abnett and Valerie Volcovici BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For countries hoping to avoid the worst of climate change, next month's U.S. presidential election will be pivotal in determining t...
Oct 22, 2020
U.S. intelligence agencies say Iran, Russia have tried to meddle in 2020 election
By Joseph Menn and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has accused both Russia and Iran of trying to interfere with the 2020 presidential electi...
Oct 22, 2020
