Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Myanmar-born ‘dreamer’ snaps up U.S. drilling leases amid industry malaise
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - A Myanmar-born perfume entrepreneur and missionary has snapped up nearly half of the oil and gas leases offered by the Trump administration since August, saying the corona...
Oct 09, 2020
Fearing Biden tax hikes, wealthy Americans rush to change estate plans
By Suzanne Barlyn (Reuters) - Wealthy Americans are scrambling to change their estate plans before year-end, worried that Democrat Joe Biden will win the U.S. presidential election and raise taxes, sa...
Oct 09, 2020
Stimulus hopes lift futures, S&P 500 set for second straight weekly gain
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday, setting the S&P 500 up for its second weekly gain in a row as hopes for more fiscal aid boosted optimism against the backdrop of poli...
Oct 09, 2020
Trump steel tariffs bring job losses to swing state Michigan
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO(Reuters) - President Donald Trump promised a new dawn for the struggling U.S. steel industry in 2016, and the lure of new jobs in Midwestern states including Michigan hel...
Oct 09, 2020
Amid pandemic, sharply increased U.S. detention times put migrants at risk
By Mica Rosenberg and Kristina Cooke (Reuters) - The 31-year-old Cuban rancher arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border after crossing through nearly a dozen countries to seek political asylum in the United ...
Oct 09, 2020
U.S. bank stocks are fine, if you are rich in patience
By Sinad Carew (Reuters) - The U.S. bank sector has been pummeled this year but investors hunting for bargains there may need deep reserves of patience as banks are particularly sensitive to low inter...
Oct 09, 2020
Meet the Americans ‘standing by’ for possible election violence
By Andrew Hay and Katie Paul (Reuters) - Some Americans worried about possible violence after the U.S. presidential election are forming community watch groups, others are working on conflict de-escal...
Oct 09, 2020
French aid worker describes years in captivity in Mali desert
By Paul Lorgerie BAMAKO (Reuters) - At one point during her four years in the hands of jihadist militants in northern Mali, French aid worker Sophie Petronin said she felt like giving up hope. She wan...
Oct 09, 2020
Explainer: How Georgia could leave voters guessing until January about U.S. Senate control
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the dust settles next month and all the ballots are counted, Americans still may not know until January which party will control the U.S. Senate for the nex...
Oct 09, 2020
With pandemic dominating U.S. election, older voters turning away from Trump
By Chris Kahn and James Oliphant NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many older Americans have turned away from President Donald Trump this year as the coronavirus ravages the country, eroding an important Republica...
Oct 09, 2020
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