Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Chemical fire erupts in hurricane-hit Louisiana, governor urges residents to stay indoors
(Reuters) - Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards on Thursday asked residents in three southwest communities to stay indoors with windows and doors shut as a chemical plume rose from a fire at an plant ...
Aug 27, 2020
Former UAW President Williams charged with conspiracy to embezzle union funds: prosecutor
DETROIT (Reuters) - The former president of the United Auto Workers, Dennis Williams, was charged with conspiring with other union officials to embezzle UAW funds, U.S. prosecutors in Detroit said on ...
Aug 27, 2020
Pelosi says White House must offer more COVID-19 funding for any deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House must increase its $1 trillion offer for more federal coronavirus aid if it wants to ink a deal with Congress, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said ahead of plann...
Aug 27, 2020
Walmart partners with Microsoft for TikTok bid
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc is partnering with Microsoft Corp in the software maker's bid for Bytedance-owned TikTok, the world's largest retailer said on Thursday. ByteDance has been in talks to sell Tik...
Aug 27, 2020
U.S. COVID-19 deaths approach 180,000, cases continue to fall
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus were approaching 180,000 on Thursday after a surge of new cases in June and July, particularly in hotspots like California, Florida,...
Aug 27, 2020
Spain to make children over six wear masks at school
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish schoolchildren aged six and over must wear masks to class, the government announced on Thursday, unveiling a plan to reopen schools just days before the start of the new aca...
Aug 27, 2020
EU pays 336 million euros for doses of AstraZeneca’s potential COVID-19 vaccine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has paid 336 million euros ($396 million) to secure at least 300 million doses of the potential COVID-1 vaccine being developed by British drug maker Astra...
Aug 27, 2020
FDA warns against hand sanitizers that look like drinks
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday warned of alcohol-based sanitizers being packaged and sold in containers that appear like food or drinks. At a time when health agen...
Aug 27, 2020
Who else but Navalny? Kremlin critic’s illness a blow for campaign to break Putin’s grip
By Tom Balmforth and Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's sudden illness has upended his strategy to challenge Vladimir Putin's grip on power at upcoming regional elections....
Aug 27, 2020
White House’s Meadows to discuss COVID-19 aid with Pelosi on Thursday: Bloomberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows will restart discussions about further COVID-19 relief legislation with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday, Bloomberg News repor...
Aug 27, 2020
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