Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Auto union, Sanders clash ahead of Democratic convention
By David Shepardson and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The largest U.S. auto union and onetime Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders are clashing ahead of what is ...
Aug 10, 2020
Derecho winds tear through U.S. farmland, leave 500,000-plus without power
By P.J. Huffstutter and Christopher Walljasper CHICAGO (Reuters) - A storm packing hurricane-force winds tore across the U.S. Midwest on Monday, causing widespread property damage in cities and rural ...
Aug 10, 2020
Judge gives U.S. three weeks to detail Dakota Access pipeline options
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) to detail options by the end of the month for resolving the loss of a permit that allows the Dakota Access...
Aug 10, 2020
California’s public health officer resigns after COVID-19 undercount problem
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - California's top public health officer has resigned following data-collection failures that led to an undercount of coronavirus cases as the state was reporting a downward ...
Aug 10, 2020
Chinese firms that do not meet U.S. standards to be delisted as of end-2021
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday said companies from China and other countries that do not comply with accounting standards will be delisted from U.S. stock exch...
Aug 10, 2020
Trump weighs blocking U.S. citizens coming home if coronavirus infection feared: U.S. official
By David Shepardson and Ted Hesson (Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a measure to block U.S. citizens and permanent residents from returning home if they are...
Aug 10, 2020
Trump escorted from briefing after shooting outside White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted from the White House briefing room on Monday shortly after a shooting outside the fence surrounding the complex. Trump returned...
Aug 10, 2020
Trump calls for college football to play on despite COVID-19 fears
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump called on U.S. colleges to proceed with the fall football season amid reports on Monday that it could be canceled because of concerns over the COVID-19 outbreak. "Th...
Aug 10, 2020
Iran nuclear deal at risk as U.N. council prepares to vote on arms embargo
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council is preparing to vote this week on a U.S. proposal to extend an arms embargo on Iran, a move that some diplomats say is bound to fail ...
Aug 10, 2020
Exclusive: Lebanon’s leaders warned in July about explosives at port – documents
By Samia Nakhoul and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese security officials warned the prime minister and president last month that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in Beirut's port posed ...
Aug 10, 2020
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