Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. blocking visas of some Chinese graduate students and researchers: DHS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is blocking visas for certain Chinese graduate students and researchers to prevent them from stealing sensitive research, Chad Wolf, the acting head of the U.S...
Sep 09, 2020
NFL: Political divide on athlete activism widens in the U.S. – Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - The political divide over athlete protests has deepened in the four years since NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the playing of the U.S. na...
Sep 09, 2020
Barr defends Justice Department intervention in Carroll defamation case against Trump
(Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday defended his department's decision to intervene and defend President Donald Trump against a defamation lawsuit brought by author E. Jean Car...
Sep 09, 2020
U.S. NIH director says will not compromise on coronavirus vaccine safety
(Reuters) - The pause of AstraZeneca Plc's coronavirus vaccine trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant shows that safety of vaccines will not be compromised, the head of the Nation...
Sep 09, 2020
Amtrak passenger railroad needs up to $4.9 billion in U.S. funding: CEO
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amtrak Chief Executive William Flynn told Congress on Wednesday the U.S. passenger railroad needs up to $4.9 billion in government funding to avoid service a...
Sep 09, 2020
U.S. Justice Department moves to defend Trump against rape accuser’s defamation lawsuit
By New York Newsroom NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice intervened in a defamation lawsuit by a woman who accused President Donald Trump of raping her, moving the case to federal cour...
Sep 09, 2020
FDA authorizes emergency use of COVID-19 test from Alphabet’s Verily
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted an emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 test from Alphabet Inc unit Verily Life Sciences. The FDA, in a letter dated Sept. 8, said t...
Sep 09, 2020
U.S. job openings rise in July; more workers quitting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings increased further in July and more workers quit their jobs in the retail as well as professional and business services industries likely because of fears of ex...
Sep 09, 2020
Trump administration rolls back U.S. inspection rules for egg products
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Wednesday it will stop requiring U.S. plants that produce egg products to have full-time government inspectors, in the first update...
Sep 09, 2020
Ex-VW CEO to face charges of organized commercial fraud
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Former Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn will face charges of conspiracy to commit organized commercial fraud with a high likelihood of conviction, a court probing the...
Sep 09, 2020
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