Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. military says South Korean workers may be laid off amid row over costs
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military will put nearly 9,000 South Korean workers on unpaid leave from April in the absence of an agreement on the sharing of costs of maintaining 28,500 U...
Oct 15, 2020
Spending dropped, savings dwindled for U.S. unemployed after enhanced benefits expired: study
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - Jobless Americans who received enhanced unemployment benefits during the pandemic were able to boost spending and pad up their savings for a time. But the majority of tho...
Oct 15, 2020
Wind-stoked wildfire in Colorado is largest in state history
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Stoked by high winds, a wildfire burning for two months in northern Colorado exploded in size this week to surpass 167,000 acres, making it the largest blaze in sta...
Oct 15, 2020
Democratic Senate campaigns pull in more than $240 million in third-quarter fundraising
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic candidates running for the U.S. Senate in nine hotly contested races amassed more than $240 million in contributions during the third quarter, leaving their Republica...
Oct 15, 2020
Mexico’s ex-defense minister detained in United States, says government
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Twitter late on Thursday that General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, ex-defense minister for former president Enrique Pena Nieto, ...
Oct 15, 2020
Biden hedges on support for ‘court-packing’ proposal
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden kept his options open on Thursday when asked if he would add judges to the Supreme Court to balance the 6-3 conser...
Oct 15, 2020
California court ordered to reconsider Scott Peterson murder conviction
By Mimi Dwyer LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two months after winning a reversal of his death sentence, lawyers for Scott Peterson, the California man found guilty of murdering his wife and unborn child in a...
Oct 15, 2020
Security guard who fatally shot Denver protester will be charged with murder
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A security guard hired to protect a Denver television news crew covering dueling rallies by right-wing and left-wing groups will be charged with second-degree murde...
Oct 15, 2020
New Zealand’s Ardern and Collins make final pleas to voters before election
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern on Friday urged voters to deliver her a strong mandate at this weekend's general election, promising to provide a swifter recovery ...
Oct 15, 2020
Asian stocks under pressure, dollar in demand amid resurgent virus fears
By Suzanne Barlyn (Reuters) - Asian stocks came under pressure on Friday as investors sought safe havens, such as the U.S. dollar, fearing that a resurgence in coronavirus cases and a lack of addition...
Oct 15, 2020
