Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Voting rights groups ask U.S. judge to require more ballot drop boxes in Ohio
By Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several voting rights' group have asked a federal judge to force Ohio to expand the number of ballot drop boxes in the upcoming presidential election, the lates...
Aug 27, 2020
Tesla shares surge to record high, leaving rivals behind
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Tesla Inc shares continued their meteoric rise on Thursday, scoring yet another record high and further expanding the distance between the Silicon Valley electric carmaker a...
Aug 27, 2020
Laura largely misses U.S. cotton, sugar fields; rains to skip dry Midwest grain belt
By Karl Plume (Reuters) - The U.S. agricultural sector was spared a direct hit from Hurricane Laura on Thursday as the storm veered west of grain export terminals in New Orleans and missed many fields...
Aug 27, 2020
Michigan official slams racial ‘stereotypes’ in mail-voting robocalls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top official in the Michigan, a battleground U.S. election state, on Thursday condemned a computerized phone call campaign for using "racially charged stereotypes" to discoura...
Aug 27, 2020
Bill Gates’ nuclear venture plans reactor to complement solar, wind power boom
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A nuclear energy venture founded by Bill Gates said Thursday it hopes to build small advanced nuclear power stations that can store electricity to supplement ...
Aug 27, 2020
Wisconsin police officer who shot Jacob Blake is 31-year-old with 7 years on the force
By Jan Wolfe and Nathan Layne (Reuters) - The white police officer who shot Jacob Blake, paralyzing the Black man and setting off civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has served on the city's police fo...
Aug 27, 2020
Malta journalist murder suspect accused former PM’s chief of staff: police
VALLETTA (Reuters) - A businessman suspected of masterminding the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has told police that the ex-chief of staff of the former prime minister wanted her...
Aug 27, 2020
Trump administration to purchase 150 million Abbott COVID-19 tests for $750 million
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration will purchase 150 million rapid coronavirus tests from Abbott Laboratories for about $750 million, a White House spokeswoman said on Thursday. The porta...
Aug 27, 2020
Prayers and faxed letters: Texas woman buries husband who died of COVID-19
By Callaghan O'Hare and Maria Caspani HOUSTON (Reuters) - As hundreds of thousands of people in Texas fled their homes ahead of Hurricane Laura on Wednesday, Michelle Gutierrez was in Houston burying ...
Aug 27, 2020
Voter advocacy groups file lawsuit against Trump’s social media executive order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five non-profits including three voter advocacy groups filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's social media executive order on Thursday, arguing it hurts the rights of ...
Aug 27, 2020
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