Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
S&P 500 completes recovery from COVID-19 sell-off, hits record high
(Reuters) - The S&P 500 index hit an all-time high on Tuesday, completing its recovery from the stock market crash after the onset of the coronavirus crisis in February. The index was up at 3,394.99 p...
Aug 18, 2020
California resident diagnosed with plague
(Reuters) - A resident of South Lake Tahoe, California, has tested positive for plague, the state's first case of the highly infectious disease - known as the "Black Death" during the Middle Ages - in...
Aug 18, 2020
Trump says he thinks ‘suburban’ Americans do not want low-income housing forced ‘down their throats’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his political appeals to women living in American suburbs, saying people living in safe, peaceful neighborhoods "don't want to ha...
Aug 18, 2020
U.S. sues Teva over alleged kickbacks for multiple sclerosis drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. government sued Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd on Tuesday, accusing the drugmaker of causing the submission of false claims to Medicare as a result of kickbacks it paid for it...
Aug 18, 2020
WikiLeaks likely knew it helped Russian intelligence in 2016, Senate report says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The WikiLeaks website played a key role in Russia's effort to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election in favor of now President Donald Trump and likely knew it was assisti...
Aug 18, 2020
Mnuchin says hopes Pelosi interested in COVID-19 talks amid postal efforts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump wants to move forward with more economic aid amid the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday, adding that he hopes H...
Aug 18, 2020
Trump says he will posthumously pardon U.S. women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will posthumously pardon American social reformer and women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony. Speaking at a White House eve...
Aug 18, 2020
Postmaster General to testify Friday before U.S. Senate panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will testify Friday before a U.S. Senate Committee, a spokesman for the panel confirmed Tuesday. DeJoy, who had already agreed to testify bef...
Aug 18, 2020
U.S. Postal Service chief to testify before Senate panel on Friday: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Postmaster General Louis Dejoy will testify before a U.S. Senate panel on Friday amid growing outcry over service cuts at the nation's postal mail agency, the Washington Po...
Aug 18, 2020
California hopes to avoid outages again during heat wave, prices hit records
(Reuters) - Power prices in the U.S. West soared to record highs for a second day during a brutal heat wave as California utilities urged consumers to keep conserving energy to avoid more rotating out...
Aug 18, 2020
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