Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Florida prosecutors drop solicitation charges against owner of NFL’s Patriots
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Florida prosecutors on Thursday dropped charges against Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots football team, that he sought to pay for sex at a...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. Senate advances stopgap funding bill to avoid government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to advance a stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government operating through Dec. 11, paving the way for final passage before a deadline ...
Sep 24, 2020
Cuomo says New York to review any COVID-19 vaccine authorized by federal government
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said the state will carry out its own review of coronavirus vaccines approved by the federal government due to concerns of politicization of the ...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. to execute first Black man since resumption of federal death penalty
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - The U.S. government plans on Thursday to execute Christopher Vialva, a convicted murderer and the first Black man to face the federal death penalty since the punishment w...
Sep 24, 2020
‘Healthy correction’ or something more? Stock swings keep investors on edge
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - A barrage of worrisome news is rocking the U.S. stock market after a nearly six-month surge, leading some investors to question whether the recent selloff in eq...
Sep 24, 2020
France opens probe into BNP Paribas over its role in Sudan
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris prosecutors have opened an investigation into French bank BNP Paribas over allegations of complicity in crimes against humanity in Sudan, a lawyer and Paris-based International...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 201,411 coronavirus deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 6,916,292 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 41,310 cases from its previous count, and said that th...
Sep 24, 2020
FBI, DHS say they have ‘not identified’ hacking schemes to change vote tallies ahead of U.S. election
By Christopher Bing (Reuters) - U.S. security agencies say they are not aware of any cyber threats that could change vote tallies or "manipulate votes at scale" in the Nov. 3 presidential election, ac...
Sep 24, 2020
Visits to U.S. stores, restaurants stall as concern over economic recovery grows
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Foot traffic to U.S. restaurants and stores showed little improvement last week, high frequency data show, and signs emerged of deepening stress for small bu...
Sep 24, 2020
Down but not out, Haftar still looms over Libya peace process
By Aidan Lewis CAIRO (Reuters) - His assault on Libya's capital has collapsed. Foreign powers have tried to sideline him. But military commander Khalifa Haftar still sits astride oil terminals, with e...
Sep 24, 2020
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