Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
McConnell: Republican coronavirus package to address health, economic aid, schools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.s. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday Senate Republicans will shortly introduce a new coronavirus relief program to address health, economic assistance and ...
Jul 27, 2020
Host Notre Dame pulls out first U.S. presidential debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - University of Notre Dame pulled out as host of the first 2020 U.S. presidential debate, which will instead be held in Cleveland on Sept. 29, the Commission on Presidential Debat...
Jul 27, 2020
Ravaged by COVID-19, California’s Central Valley gets 190 federal healthcare workers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Nearly 200 federal healthcare workers have been deployed to California's Central Valley agricultural breadbasket, where hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases and...
Jul 27, 2020
U.S. judge rejects imposing attorney fee levy on opioid lawsuit settlements
(Reuters) - A federal judge overseeing thousands of opioid lawsuits declined on Monday to grant a demand by plaintiffs attorneys for fees that could be worth billions of dollars, a request drug compan...
Jul 27, 2020
Republican Senator Collins against nomination of Trump Fed pick Shelton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican senator Susan Collins said on Monday that she is against the nomination of Judy Shelton to the Federal Reserve Board. "Ms. Shelton has openly called for the Fede...
Jul 27, 2020
U.S. sending more federal officers to Portland protests: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is sending at least 100 additional federal officers to Portland, Oregon, the Washington Post reported on Monday, as confrontations between anti-racism p...
Jul 27, 2020
California probing Amazon worker treatment during pandemic, court says
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has opened an investigation into steps that Amazon.com Inc has taken to protect its workers from the new coronavirus, a...
Jul 27, 2020
Zimbabwe calls U.S. ambassador ‘thug’ as anti-government protests loom
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party on Monday called the United States ambassador a "thug" and accused him of funding the opposition ahead of this week's planned anti-government protest...
Jul 27, 2020
Exclusive: EU to clear with conditions Alstom, Bombardier deal – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are set to approve Alstom's Bombardier Inc rail business after the French TGV high-speed train maker tweaked concessions aimed at allaying competition conc...
Jul 27, 2020
Facebook sues EU antitrust regulator for excessive nature of data requests
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook is suing EU antitrust regulators for seeking information beyond what is necessary, including highly personal details, for their investigations into the company's data and...
Jul 27, 2020
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