Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
McConnell, other Republicans split with Trump on peaceful transfer of power
By Susan Heavey and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell joined other Republican lawmakers in rallying to the defense of constitutional government on Thursday, ...
Sep 24, 2020
McConnell vows orderly transition of power after U.S. election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday said there would be an "orderly" transition following the Nov. 3 presidential election, one day after Trump declined to...
Sep 24, 2020
New York sues Becton Dickinson unit over surgical mesh devices, consent judgment expected
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's attorney general on Thursday filed a lawsuit accusing Becton Dickinson and Co's CR Bard unit of concealing the risks of surgical mesh devices. A consent judgment is exp...
Sep 24, 2020
2020 U.S. ELECTION: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - Court battles over how votes are tallied have now spread to almost every competitive state, as the effect of the pandemic has led the two sides to clash over seemingly mundane issues such ...
Sep 24, 2020
Exclusive: U.S., UK, Canada sanctions on Belarusians could come Friday – sources
WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States, Britain and Canada plan to impose sanctions on Belarusian individuals following what they view as a rigged election on Aug. 9 and violence against pe...
Sep 24, 2020
Teenage British activist stages climate protest on Arctic ice floe
By Natalie Thomas ABOARD 'ARCTIC SUNRISE' (Reuters) - Like many of her generation, Mya-Rose Craig feels strongly that adults have failed to take the urgent action needed to tackle global warming and s...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly increased last week, supporting views the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic was runni...
Sep 24, 2020
United to provide COVID-19 tests to customers on San Francisco-Hawaii flights
(Reuters) - United Airlines said on Thursday customers traveling from San Francisco to Hawaii would have the option to take a rapid COVID-19 test at the airport or a self-collected, mail-in test ahead...
Sep 24, 2020
Coronavirus fuels historic legal battle over voting as 2020 U.S. election looms
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The Nov. 3 contest between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden has generated an unprecedented wave of election-related litigation, as both sides seek to...
Sep 24, 2020
Futures muted ahead of jobless claims as economic recovery slows
By Sagarika Jaisinghani (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were subdued on Thursday as investors braced for another staggering weekly jobless claims figure, the latest evidence of a slowing economic...
Sep 24, 2020
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