Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. gun sales soar amid pandemic, social unrest, election fears
By Tim McLaughlin and Melissa Fares (Reuters) - Andreyah Garland, a 44-year-old single mother of three daughters, bought a shotgun in May for protection in the quaint middle-class town of Fishkill, Ne...
Oct 15, 2020
Wall Street futures fall with focus on jobless claims data
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dropped on Thursday as investors braced for weekly jobless claims, which could compound fears of a stalling economic recovery a day after Treasury S...
Oct 15, 2020
Democrats urge early voting, massive turnout as Trump stokes fears of contested election
By Tim Reid and Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - Joe Biden supporter Cindy Kalogeropoulos took no chances when her absentee ballot arrived on Sept. 29. The Michigan retiree filled it out, drove 7 miles to t...
Oct 15, 2020
Analysis: Trump cannot count on last-minute deciders to save him – Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four years ago, U.S. President Donald Trump rode a wave of late-deciding voters to a shocking election victory. But those voters are unlikely to...
Oct 15, 2020
Oxford scientists develop five-minute COVID-19 antigen test
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists from Britain's University of Oxford have developed a rapid COVID-19 test able to identify the coronavirus in less than five minutes, researchers said on Thursday, adding ...
Oct 15, 2020
Kyrgyzstan president Jeenbekov resigns after unrest
(Reuters) - Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov resigned on Thursday after 10 days of unrest following a disputed election, saying he wanted to prevent clashes between security forces and protesters ...
Oct 15, 2020
China angered as U.S. names human rights envoy for Tibet
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - China accused the United States on Thursday of seeking to destabilise Tibet, after the Trump administration appointed a senior human rights official as special coordinat...
Oct 15, 2020
Unsuited to new era? Fate of formal fashion hangs by a thread
By Silvia Aloisi, Jonathan Barrett and Martinne Geller MILAN/SYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters) - Italian luxury designer Brunello Cucinelli makes men's suits that sell for up to 7,000 euros ($8,200). But even h...
Oct 15, 2020
Split screen: Trump and Biden to headline dueling town halls
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will hold dueling prime-time town halls on Thursday instead of their second presidential debate, which was canceled ...
Oct 15, 2020
Twitter, Facebook restrict users’ dissemination of New York Post story on Biden
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook and Twitter cast doubt on a New York Post story that made claims about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's son, taking proactive steps to res...
Oct 14, 2020
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