Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
New York teachers threaten job action if schools reopen without more COVID testing
By Peter Szekely and Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City teachers on Wednesday threatened to strike or take other job or legal action unless the largest U.S. school district implements...
Aug 19, 2020
Facebook to restrict accounts that support violence, groups with ties to QAnon
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc will restrict content from accounts tied to anarchist groups that support violent acts amidst protests, U.S.-based militia organizations and QAnon, the social media site said ...
Aug 19, 2020
Canada’s Trudeau needs to spend to survive autumn confidence votes
By David Ljunggren and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government will likely survive a confidence vote next month but needs to invest in social progr...
Aug 19, 2020
Lightning-sparked wildfires rage in California wine country
(Reuters) - Dozens of lightning-sparked wildfires threatened communities in Northern California's wine country on Wednesday, and Colorado battled its second largest fire ever as a heat wave supercharg...
Aug 19, 2020
U.N. accused of racism by asking staff in survey if they are ‘yellow’
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations has been accused by some of its staff of racism after it issued a survey that included a question asking how they identify themselves, and offered 'yellow' amon...
Aug 19, 2020
Lebanon has hit ‘rock bottom,’ must reform for long-term aid: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lebanon has hit rock bottom and can no longer afford leadership whom the Lebanese people see enriching themselves and ignoring popular demands, U.S. Undersecretary of State for ...
Aug 19, 2020
Fed policymakers zero in on strategy tweaks, minutes show
By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers are considering tweaks to monetary policy that could result in the U.S. central bank sticking with aggressive stimulus measu...
Aug 19, 2020
U.S. to let pharmacists vaccinate kids as lockdowns slash immunization levels
(Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Wednesday pharmacists would be allowed to administer routine vaccines to children, calling a drop in immunization from lockdowns aimed at curbing the spread of ...
Aug 19, 2020
U.S. Army investigating uniformed soldiers who appeared in video at Democratic convention
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army said on Wednesday it was investigating two soldiers who appeared in uniform behind delegates in a video shown during the virtual Democratic National Convention. Th...
Aug 19, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 171,012 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday said the number of deaths due to the new coronavirus had risen by 1,172 to 171,012 and reported 5,460,429 cases, an i...
Aug 19, 2020
