Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. SEC co-director of enforcement to leave agency: statement
By Chris Prentice and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A co-director of enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Steven Peikin, will leave the agency Aug. 14, the top U.S. financial...
Aug 05, 2020
Fauci doesn’t think U.S. will have to go back into “shutdown mode”
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top U.S. infectious disease official Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday that he doesn't think the United States will have to go back into "shutdown mode" in order to contain the spre...
Aug 05, 2020
Dazed and wounded, Lebanese emerge from massive blast angry at rulers
By Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - Walid Assi was cooking at a Beirut pizza joint on Tuesday night when a huge blast wave pushed him down. The ground beneath him shook. He saw a flash of white. The r...
Aug 05, 2020
New Jersey power outages from storm Isaias to last until Friday: state regulator
(Reuters) - The president of New Jersey's Board of Public Utilities on Wednesday said there was "hope" that power would be restored to 80% of the state's more than 900,000 customers experiencing an ou...
Aug 05, 2020
Dakota Access oil pipeline users downplay need for line to investors
By Laila Kearney and Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) - The largest oil pipeline out of the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota could be forced to shut this week, and the companies that use ...
Aug 05, 2020
Coronavirus talks in Congress face timeline as Trump ponders his own action
By Patricia Zengerle and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democratic leaders and White House officials were set to resume negotiations on coronavirus relief legislation on Wednesday...
Aug 05, 2020
Hookers for Jesus wins fresh round of funding from Trump administration
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Las Vegas-based nonprofit Hookers for Jesus has won a fresh grant from the U.S. Justice Department, less than a year after union officials filed a whistleblowe...
Aug 05, 2020
Pelosi confident of US coronavirus agreement, but won’t discuss timing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she was confident lawmakers and the Trump administration could reach an agreement on another coronavirus aid plan, but she decline...
Aug 05, 2020
Biden will not accept Democratic presidential nomination in Milwaukee: DNC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden will not accept the Democratic U.S. presidential nomination at the designated convention site of Milwaukee because of concerns about the coronavirus, the Democratic Pa...
Aug 05, 2020
State Department says acting IG left to return to private sector
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. State Department's Acting Inspector General Stephen J. Akard has left his post and is returning to the private sector, a spokesperson for the agency said on Wednesday, seve...
Aug 05, 2020
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