Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Australia counts record 470 stranded whales as rescue continues
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rescuers were racing against the tide on Wednesday to free whales beached off the Australian coast, with more than half the estimated 470 mammals in the country's bigg...
Sep 23, 2020
Fujifilm’s Avigan meets primary endpoint in Phase-3 trial for COVID-19
TOKYO (Reuters) - Fujifilm Holdings Corp said on Wednesday its Avigan drug met the primary endpoint in a Phase 3 clinical trial for COVID-19 patients in Japan. Japan had urged Fujifilm to triple natio...
Sep 22, 2020
Trump order seeks to ban military, government contractors from some diversity training
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday that he said would ban the military, government contractors and federal grantees from some diversity training. The le...
Sep 22, 2020
Pence’s plane forced to return to New Hampshire airport over engine issue: Fox News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's plane was forced to return to a Manchester, New Hampshire, airport on Tuesday due to an engine issue, Fox News reported. Local TV station WMUR, ...
Sep 22, 2020
Asian stocks set to gain after Wall Street’s tech bounce
By Suzanne Barlyn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks were set to open higher on Wednesday after tech-fueled Wall Street gains although focus is shifting to renewed U.S.-Sino tensions, which could weigh...
Sep 22, 2020
New York says new cluster of Brooklyn COVID-19 cases causes ‘significant concern’
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's Health Department has identified a new cluster of COVID-19 cases in Brooklyn, and said on Tuesday a marked uptick in infections there and in some other neighborhoo...
Sep 22, 2020
U.S. warns ‘foreign actors’ aim to sow doubts over mail-in voting
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies on Tuesday warned that "foreign actors" will likely try to discredit the November presidential election by...
Sep 22, 2020
League fines teams, coaches for failing to wear masks properly during games
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - The National Football League (NFL) handed a handful of coaches and teams hefty fines for failing to wear masks properly during Week 2 games. The league fined the Denver Bron...
Sep 22, 2020
University of California system improperly admitted dozens of students, audit finds
By Mimi Dwyer (Reuters) - The University of California system unfairly admitted 64 "noncompetitive" students between 2013 and 2019, the California state auditor said in a report released on Tuesday th...
Sep 22, 2020
U.S. House passes China forced labor bill near unanimously
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted near unanimously to pass legislation to restrict imports of goods made using forced labor from China, as lawmakers look to add...
Sep 22, 2020
