Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Heat take down Celtics, move on to NBA Finals
Bam Adebayo had a career-high 32 points and 14 rebounds, Tyler Herro came alive with 11 points in the fourth quarter and the Miami Heat booked their trip to the NBA Finals with a 125-113 Game 6 win ov...
Sep 27, 2020
Former Trump campaign manager hospitalized after threatening self-harm: ABC News
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bradley Parscale, the former campaign manager for President Donald Trump's re-election campaign, was hospitalized Sunday after his wife told police he was thre...
Sep 27, 2020
Asian shares stutter ahead of U.S. presidential debate, oil dips
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares were on the defensive, while oil prices edged lower on Monday as investors were cautious ahead of a U.S. Presidential debate and as coronavirus cases sp...
Sep 27, 2020
Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads from U.S. app stores
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Washington has temporarily blocked a Trump administration order banning Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google from offering Chinese-owned short video-sharing app T...
Sep 27, 2020
Positive COVID-19 test rates top 25% in some U.S. Midwest states
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - The number of tests coming back positive for COVID-19 is topping 25% in several states in the U.S. Midwest as cases and hospitalization also surge in the region, according...
Sep 27, 2020
Swiftly spreading wildfire erupts in California’s Napa Valley wine country
By Stephen Lam ST. HELENA, Calif. (Reuters) - A wind-driven wildfire erupted on Sunday in the heart of northern California's Napa Valley wine country and spread across more than 1,000 acres (404 hecta...
Sep 27, 2020
Trump paid no income taxes in 10 of last 15 years: New York Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in both 2016 and 2017, the New York Times reported Sunday, citing tax-return data. Trump also paid no income taxes ...
Sep 27, 2020
Kentucky legislator urges police to drop charges against her and fellow Breonna Taylor protesters
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - A Kentucky legislator who was arrested during demonstrations over the Breonna Taylor case accused Louisville police of detaining her and about 20 allies on false pretenses...
Sep 27, 2020
U.S. health agency reports 853 new COVID-19 deaths, taking total to 204,033
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 7,059,087 total COVID-19 cases, an increase of 49,871 infections from its previous count, and said the nation's...
Sep 27, 2020
Top Democrat expresses hope deal can be reached with White House on COVID-19 relief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, said on Sunday she thinks a deal can be reached with the White House on a coronavirus relief package and that talk...
Sep 27, 2020
