Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Justice Department launches internal inquiry into Stone sentencing
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has launched an internal inquiry into circumstances surrounding the decision to ease sentencing recommendations for President Donal...
Sep 14, 2020
Top U.S. health agency spokesman Caputo accused scientists of ‘sedition’: NYT
(Reuters) - The top communications official at the U.S. cabinet department in charge of combating the coronavirus told his followers in a Facebook Live session that government scientists were engaging...
Sep 14, 2020
Rochester mayor fires police chief over handling Black man’s death: local media
(Reuters) - Rochester, New York, Mayor Lovely Warren on Monday fired Police Chief La'Ron Singletary and suspended two city officials over the handling of the asphyxiation death of Daniel Prude, a Blac...
Sep 14, 2020
Wisconsin’s high court will not order mail ballots reprinted, averting potential chaos
(Reuters) - Wisconsin's highest court rejected a third-party candidate's bid to join November's presidential ballot, a move that would have invalidated tens of thousands of ballots already mailed to v...
Sep 14, 2020
Billionaire Steve Cohen agrees to buy the New York Mets
(Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen has reached an agreement to buy the New York Mets baseball team from its owners, Sterling Partners said in a statement on Monday. "I am excited t...
Sep 14, 2020
U.S. voting officials scramble in wake of ‘misleading’ USPS mailer
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A voter-outreach effort by the U.S. Postal Service drew a growing backlash on Monday as election officials in several states warned voters that the embattled ag...
Sep 14, 2020
Treasury’s Mnuchin, Fed’s Powell to testify before Senate panel on Sept. 24 on coronavirus relief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will testify before the Senate Banking Committee on coronavirus relief, the committee said in a...
Sep 14, 2020
Factbox: Record one-day increases in COVID-19 cases in seven U.S. states
(Reuters) - Seven U.S. states have reported record one-day increases in COVID-19 cases so far this month even as the average daily number of new infections is falling nationally. Nationwide, about 35,...
Sep 14, 2020
Judge rules Pennsylvania governor’s COVID-19 restrictions unconstitutional
(Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Monday ruled as unconstitutional some of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf's orders to control the coronavirus outbreak, including limits on crowd sizes, requirements ...
Sep 14, 2020
U.S. State Department eases China travel advisory for Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Monday it had eased a travel advisory for Americans considering travel to China or Hong Kong from "Do Not Travel" to "Reconsider Travel." The S...
Sep 14, 2020
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