Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Belarus opposition council members appear for questioning in criminal case
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Two leading members of a newly formed opposition council in Belarus were questioned on Friday in a criminal case that accuses the body of trying to seize power fr...
Aug 21, 2020
Who is speaking at the Republican National Convention, and why
By Tim Reid (Reuters) - Next week's Republican National Convention will be a four-day celebration of President Donald Trump, featuring a younger generation who may be hoping for a shot at the White Ho...
Aug 21, 2020
Actress Lori Loughlin, husband face sentencing in U.S. college admissions scandal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - "Full House" actress Lori Loughlin and her husband face sentencing on Friday after admitting they participated in a vast U.S. college admissions fraud scheme to secu...
Aug 21, 2020
U.S. postmaster general to face tough questioning in Senate hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers will aggressively question U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in his first appearance before Congress on Friday about recent cost-cutting measures that Democrats...
Aug 21, 2020
Fearing shipping crunch, retailers set earliest-ever holiday sale plans
By Melissa Fares and Lisa Baertlein NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is upending the way U.S. consumers shop and the holidays will be no exception as major retailers and shipp...
Aug 21, 2020
Hong Kong court blocks release of first person charged under new security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) - In a landmark decision, a Hong Kong court denied on Friday a bid for the release of the first person charged with inciting separatism and terrorism under a new national security ...
Aug 21, 2020
Firestorms kindled by lightning displace tens of thousands in California
By Stephen Lam BOULDER CREEK, Calif. (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of displaced Californians huddled under mass evacuation orders in the midst of a heat wave and a pandemic on Friday as lightning-spar...
Aug 21, 2020
In convention speech, Biden emerges from shadow and into ‘the light’
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden finally got his moment. After a 2020 presidential campaign dominated by President Donald Trump's words and actions, Biden on Thursday rose to the lev...
Aug 21, 2020
Judge exempts journalists, legal observers from Portland protest dispersal orders
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A U.S. judge granted a preliminary injunction on Thursday against federal officers, exempting journalists and legal observers from orders to disperse after the officers d...
Aug 21, 2020
British public debt tops 2 trillion pounds for first time
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's public debt went above 2 trillion pounds for the first time in July as the government ramped up public spending to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed...
Aug 21, 2020
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