Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. plans to carry out eighth federal execution this year in November
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice plans to execute Orlando Hall, a convicted murderer, on Nov. 19, according to a notice filed with a federal judge overseeing challenges to the department's l...
Sep 30, 2020
Explainer: President Trump asked the Proud Boys to ‘stand by.’ Who are they?
By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, asked if he would denounce white supremacists and militia groups during Tuesday night's U.S. presidential de...
Sep 30, 2020
New York battles COVID-19 hot spots as Washington wrangles over relief
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City restaurants welcomed patrons back inside for the first time in months on Wednesday as authorities scrambled to contain COVID-19 outbreaks in some ne...
Sep 30, 2020
Fears of voter intimidation follow Trump’s debate call for his backers to monitor polls
By Michael Martina and Andy Sullivan (Reuters) - U.S. Democrats and nonpartisan election experts on Wednesday denounced President Donald Trump's calls for his supporters to act as ad-hoc poll watchers...
Sep 30, 2020
U.S. Senate aims to pass temporary government funding bill on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will give final approval later on Wednesday to a temporary federal government funding bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said, which would avert govern...
Sep 30, 2020
Exclusive: Marathon Petroleum cutting at least 6% of refinery staff at nine U.S. plants
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Marathon Petroleum Corp's oil-refining unit is cutting at least 6% of its staff, according to people familiar with the matter, demonstrating the depth of declining fu...
Sep 30, 2020
Man charged in shooting of two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies
(Reuters) - Los Angeles prosecutors on Wednesday said they had charged a man in the shooting of two sheriff's deputies earlier this month. Deonte Lee Murray, 36, was charged in the shootings, which to...
Sep 30, 2020
Louisville officer calls for peace after being shot during protests
(Reuters) - One of the Louisville, Kentucky, police officers who was shot last week during protests following the grand jury's decision in the Breonna Taylor case on Wednesday called for a de-escalati...
Sep 30, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 205,372 coronavirus deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 7,168,077 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 38,764 cases from its previous count, and said that t...
Sep 30, 2020
Meet the lawyers behind the upcoming U.S./Google antitrust showdown
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The U.S. antitrust case against Alphabet Inc's Google will spotlight two lawyers better known for behind-the-scenes counseling: Justice Department attorney Ryan Shores, who is...
Sep 30, 2020
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