Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
TikTok asks judge to block U.S. from barring app for download
(Reuters) - TikTok asked a U.S. judge on Wednesday to block a Trump administration order that would require Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to remove the short video-sharing app for new downloads ...
Sep 23, 2020
Canada’s COVID-19 testing system overwhelmed after slow move to new tests
By Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's recent spike in COVID-19 cases has created day-long lines at testing centers and prolonged waits for results, highlighting gaps in a system that leans h...
Sep 23, 2020
Volkswagen to compensate victims of Brazil dictatorship – report
BERLIN (Reuters) - German carmaker Volkswagen will pay about 36 million reais ($6.5 million) in compensation to more than 60 former employees who were persecuted during Brazil's 1964-1985 military dic...
Sep 23, 2020
Michigan aims for carbon neutrality by 2050
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed an executive directive setting a goal for the midwestern state to become carbon neutral by 2050, the ...
Sep 23, 2020
New York City moves to curb COVID-19 spread in new clusters
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City officials said on Wednesday they were working to address a rise in COVID-19 cases in parts of Brooklyn and Queens that was raising "a lot of concern...
Sep 23, 2020
Times Square New Year’s Eve to go virtual
(Reuters) - The New Year's Eve in Times Square will be virtual this year in a scaled back, socially distant celebration, the organizers of the event said on Wednesday. They said a very limited group o...
Sep 23, 2020
Lawyer for Trump’s son Eric defends delayed questioning in New York probe
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer for President Donald Trump's son Eric on Wednesday urged a New York state judge not to require that he be interviewed before the Nov. 3 presidential e...
Sep 23, 2020
Playboy nears $425 million deal to return to the stock market, sources say
By Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - Playboy Enterprises is nearing a deal to go public through a merger with Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp , which would value the owner of Playboy magazine at around $425...
Sep 23, 2020
California to ban sale of new gasoline-powered passenger vehicles in 2035
By David Shepardson and Nichola Groom WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California will ban the sale of new gasoline powered passenger cars and trucks starting in 2035 in a dramatic move to shift to ...
Sep 23, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 200,275 coronavirus deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 6,874,982 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 49,285 cases from its previous count, and said that t...
Sep 23, 2020
