Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Fed touts economic recovery, vows to keep interest rates low
By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday vowed to keep interest rates near zero until inflation is on track to overshoot the U.S. central bank's 2% ta...
Sep 16, 2020
New York judge blasts U.S. prosecutors’ conduct in Iran sanctions case
By Jonathan Stempel and Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday forcefully rebuked federal prosecutors for a series of failures, including withholding exculpatory evidence, that led ...
Sep 16, 2020
Trump says U.S. could distribute at least 100 million COVID vaccine doses by end of 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday at least 100 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine could be distributed in the United States by the end of 2020, months earlier th...
Sep 16, 2020
NASA mulls possible mission to Venus after recent discovery of possible life
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA is considering approving by next April up to two planetary science missions from four proposals under review, including one to Venus that scientists involv...
Sep 16, 2020
Don’t call it the ‘Zoomies’! TV’s Emmy Awards swap high-fives for virtual show
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Television's Emmy Awards usually provide a night of hugs, high-fives and glamorous stars posing on the red carpet, but the coronavirus pandemic will make for a...
Sep 16, 2020
Trump or Biden? Peruvian shamans try to predict U.S. election winner
LIMA (Reuters) - With incense smoke, flowers and photos of President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden, Peruvian shamans performed an ancestral ritual on Wednesday for the U.S. elections, bu...
Sep 16, 2020
Slow-moving storms that deluge coasts become regular part of Atlantic hurricane season
By Jennifer Hiller and Devika Krishna Kumar HOUSTON/MOBILE, Ala. (Reuters) - For Grant Saltz, who runs a barbecue restaurant in Mobile, Alabama, what struck him about Hurricane Sally was its steady, d...
Sep 16, 2020
Republican-led U.S. Senate panel approves subpoenas for Obama-era officials and politicos
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican-led Senate committee on Wednesday voted to move forward with subpoenas and depositions of dozens of Obama-era officials over the objections of Dem...
Sep 16, 2020
Top U.S. health agency spokesman Caputo to go on leave of absence
(Reuters) - Michael Caputo, the top communications official at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will take a two-month-long leave of absence, the agency said on Wednesday. The ne...
Sep 16, 2020
Mount Wilson Observatory safe from Los Angeles fires
By Mimi Dwyer (Reuters) - The Mount Wilson Observatory is no longer at risk in a wildfire burning in the mountains surrounding Los Angeles, a spokesperson for the United States Forest Service said Wed...
Sep 16, 2020
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