Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Severe or fatal COVID-19 very rare in children, study finds
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Children and young people are far less likely than adults to get severe cases of COVID-19 infection, and death from the pandemic disease among children is exceptiona...
Aug 28, 2020
U.S. House panel announces contempt proceedings against Pompeo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee announced contempt proceedings against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, citing his refusal to comply with a subpoena for record...
Aug 28, 2020
Elon Musk’s net worth tops $100 billion: Forbes
(Reuters) - Silicon Valley entrepreneur Elon Musk's net worth topped $100 billion on Friday, according to the Forbes real-time billionaires list, as the shares of electric-car maker Tesla Inc see a mo...
Aug 28, 2020
Remnants of Hurricane Laura drench Arkansas as storm heads east
(Reuters) - The remnants of Hurricane Laura were dousing Arkansas on Friday morning and due to bring rain to the East Coast over the weekend. Now a tropical depression, Laura had proved less damaging ...
Aug 28, 2020
Push to restart storm-hit energy operations gets yawn from oil markets
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Energy companies on Friday continued efforts to restore operations at U.S. Gulf Coast offshore platforms and refineries shut by Hurricane Laura as oil markets largely...
Aug 28, 2020
North Carolina officials say four people at Republican convention tested positive for COVID-19
DETROIT (Reuters) - Two attendees and two event support staff at the Republican National Convention in North Carolina tested positive for COVID-19, county-level officials from the state wrote on Twitt...
Aug 28, 2020
Berlin police prepare for violence at protests against coronavirus curbs
BERLIN (Reuters) - Police prepared for possible violence at protests in Berlin this weekend as activists opposed to coronavirus restrictions called on social media followers across Europe to arm thems...
Aug 28, 2020
Five years on, France to try suspects in Charlie Hebdo killings
PARIS (Reuters) - Fourteen suspected accomplices to the French Islamist militants behind the 2015 attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and a Jewish supermarket in Paris will go on trial nex...
Aug 28, 2020
Special Report: One Brazilian farmer tried – and failed – to ranch more responsibly in the Amazon
By Stephen Eisenhammer TAILANDIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Mauro Lucio Costa wanted to do the right thing for the world's largest rainforest. For decades, the third-generation rancher in northern Brazil wat...
Aug 28, 2020
U.S. networks struggle to fill fall TV slots after coronavirus shutdowns
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Reality shows, re-runs and revivals make up most of the television menu this fall as America's top four broadcasters grapple to fill holes in their schedules c...
Aug 28, 2020
