Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Stuck at White House, Trump seeks ways to recharge re-election bid
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, under coronavirus quarantine in the White House and restricted from traveling, is grasping for ways to put a spark back in his strug...
Oct 06, 2020
Wide-bodied 747 crowned Alaska’s fattest bear
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - In Alaska's annual battle of heavyweights, a salmon-chomping bruin named 747 - like the jetliner - has emerged as the most fabulously fat. The bear, one of more t...
Oct 06, 2020
Fauci says White House COVID-19 infections could have been prevented
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, whose advocacy of public health guidelines to fight the coronavirus has conflicted with President Donald Trump's downplayi...
Oct 06, 2020
U.S. asks top court to reinstate Boston marathon bomber’s death penalty
By Nate Raymond and Brad Brooks BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to reinstate Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence for helping car...
Oct 06, 2020
Trump says he has declassified documents related to Russia, Clinton email probes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has declassified all documents related to federal investigations into Russian election interference and former Secretary of State Hilla...
Oct 06, 2020
Singer Johnny Nash dead at 80, U.S. media reports
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American singer Johnny Nash, known for the 1970s reggae hit "I Can See Clearly Now," has died at the age of 80, his son told celebrity website TMZ and a local Los Angeles TV st...
Oct 06, 2020
California blames blackouts on poor planning for extreme heat
(Reuters) - California energy officials on Tuesday said the state's power planning processes were insufficient to address a crushing heat wave in August that led to rolling blackouts for two days. In ...
Oct 06, 2020
Asian stocks set to dip after U.S. halts stimulus talks
By Imani Moise NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks were set to open lower on Wednesday, weighed by a weaker Wall Street finish after U.S. President Donald Trump dashed hopes for a fourth stimulus packag...
Oct 06, 2020
White House adviser Stephen Miller tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House senior adviser Stephen Miller said he had tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the latest case of coronavirus reported among Donald Trump's inner circle since th...
Oct 06, 2020
Sole survivor? Saudi Arabia doubles down on oil to outlast rivals
By Rania El Gamal, Davide Barbuscia and Marwa Rashad DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) - The slump in demand for crude during the coronavirus pandemic has forced oil companies to contemplate the possibility that...
Oct 06, 2020
