Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
North Korea to set five-year economic plan at congress next year
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced that the ruling party will hold a congress next year to decide a new five-year plan, with a party meeting noting serious delays in improving...
Aug 19, 2020
Trump touts convalescent plasma as a coronavirus treatment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday touted the use of convalescent plasma as a treatment for COVID-19 and suggested a reported decision by regulators to put on hold an emer...
Aug 19, 2020
Trump says he doesn’t know much about QAnon but has heard it likes him
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he doesn't know much about the QAnon conspiracy theory movement but understands it is gaining in popularity and likes him. QAn...
Aug 19, 2020
Obama to say Trump has failed, praise Biden as ‘a brother’
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Barack Obama will tell Democrats on Wednesday that Donald Trump's failures have left 170,000 Americans dead from the coronavirus pandemic, cost millions ...
Aug 19, 2020
More than 90 Democrats call on Postal Board to remove DeJoy: letter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 90 Democrats on Wednesday called on the Postal Service's board of governors to immediately remove Postmaster General Louis DeJoy "to protect this critical institution,...
Aug 19, 2020
Airbnb confidentially files for U.S. IPO
(Reuters) - Short-term home rental company Airbnb Inc on Wednesday confidentially filed for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, marking what is expected to be ...
Aug 19, 2020
Second night of Democratic National Convention watched by 18.2 million people
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - A total of 18.2 million people watched the second night of the virtual Democratic National Convention, according to early Nielsen Media Research. Tuesday evening featured a...
Aug 19, 2020
U.S. economy rebounding strongly; fresh aid going to unemployed: Kudlow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is rebounding "very, very strongly," and fresh federal aid will reach unemployed Americans in the next week or two, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow sa...
Aug 19, 2020
American Indians, Alaska Natives hit harder by COVID-19, U.S. CDC says
(Reuters) - American Indians and Alaska Natives have been hit harder by COVID-19 than the U.S. white population and have been more likely to become infected by the novel coronavirus at a younger age, ...
Aug 19, 2020
Attorney General Barr won’t seek death penalty against British Islamic State execution squad members
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr has informed British authorities the U.S. will not seek the death penalty if two British Islamic State execution squad members, nicknamed the ...
Aug 19, 2020
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