Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
How to prepare for a school year like no other
By Beatrix Lockwood NEW YORK (Reuters) - Parents, teachers and students nationwide are preparing for a school year like no other. As part of our #AskReuters Twitter chat series, Reuters gathered a gro...
Sep 03, 2020
Protests planned after video shows fatal arrest of Black man in upstate New York
By Gabriella Borter and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Protests were planned on Thursday after the release of a video showing the arrest of a Black man who died by asphyxiation in March after pol...
Sep 03, 2020
Lebanese army finds more explosive chemicals outside Beirut port after huge blast
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's army said on Thursday it had found 4.35 tonnes of ammonium nitrate near the entrance to Beirut port, the site of a huge blast last month caused by a large stockpile of the...
Sep 03, 2020
November target for COVID-19 vaccine unrelated to U.S. election, HHS Secretary Azar says
(Reuters) - A targeted timeline of November for distribution of a potential coronavirus vaccine has "nothing to do with elections" as it was set by public health officials, U.S. Health Secretary Alex ...
Sep 03, 2020
Musk promises Tesla design overhaul, ‘ravecave’ at Berlin plant
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Tesla's will use its plant in Brandenburg, Germany to demonstrate a radical overhaul of how its cars are built, as well as making electric car battery cells and battery packs, Ch...
Sep 03, 2020
Unlikely that a COVID-19 vaccine will be ready in Oct., but not impossible -Fauci
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci said on Thursday it is unlikely a COVID-19 vaccine will be ready by the end of October, but that it is not impossible. "I think...
Sep 03, 2020
Transportation chief says aid needed by November to avoid big NYC subway and bus cuts
(Reuters) - New York's coronavirus-hit Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will have to start implementing a dramatic job and service reduction plan in November if it does not receive billions...
Sep 03, 2020
Russia says allegation of influence campaign is ‘speculation’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed as "speculation" allegations by Facebook that Moscow had used it to pursue a covert political influence operation in the United State...
Sep 03, 2020
U.S. to redirect WHO funding to other U.N. programs: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to redirect its funding for the World Health Organization to other United Nations programs after it withdraws from WHO next July, the U.S. State Departme...
Sep 03, 2020
Up, down and sideways: a voter’s guide to U.S. economic data
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - In the countdown to the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election, the state of the economy is a key concern for many voters. Americans face a barrage of data, from this Friday's mon...
Sep 03, 2020
