Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Exclusive: Canadian firms warn over Mexico energy policy at dawn of trade deal
By Dave Graham and David Ljunggren MEXICO CITY/OTTAWA (Reuters) - As Mexico celebrated a new trade deal with the United States and Canada on July 1, a group of Canadian energy investors warned their g...
Jul 13, 2020
U.S. hardens stance against China’s South China Sea resource claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday hardened its rejection of China's disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea, calling them "completely unlawful," in a stat...
Jul 13, 2020
L.A. and San Diego schools to resume online-only instruction in August
(Reuters) - The Los Angeles and San Diego unified school districts announced plans on Monday to resume instruction in August with online teaching only, citing "skyrocketing" coronavirus infection rate...
Jul 13, 2020
Exclusive: Lebanese man freed by U.S. as part of secret talks – sources
By Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese man accused of financing Hezbollah was freed from jail in the United States last month as a result of indirect contacts between Tehran and Washington that...
Jul 13, 2020
Police in Pennsylvania, Louisiana probing officers kneeling on suspects
(Reuters) - Authorities in two U.S. cities are investigating incidents over the weekend in which police officers knelt on suspects' necks, similar to the way a Minneapolis policeman restrained George ...
Jul 13, 2020
U.S. June deficit surges to $864 billion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. federal budget deficit in June surged to $864 billion from single digits a year earlier amid continued strong spending on coronavirus relief programs and a drop in indi...
Jul 13, 2020
New York mayor ‘heartbroken’ over shooting death of one-year-old
(Reuters) - New York Mayor Bill de Blasio observed a moment of silence and declared himself "heartbroken" on Monday over the death of a 1-year-old boy who was shot in his stroller at a Brooklyn playgr...
Jul 13, 2020
Tesla extends rally, up over 60% in two weeks
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - Shares of Tesla surged 7% on Monday to a record high, extending a two-week rally to more than 60% as investors bet the electric car maker could report a quarterly profit ...
Jul 13, 2020
Six of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers object to New York’s $18.9 million settlement
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Six women who claim they were sexually abused by Harvey Weinstein urged a U.S. judge on Monday to reject an $18.9 million settlement between the disgraced movi...
Jul 13, 2020
U.S. renews opposition to Ghislaine Maxwell getting bail in Epstein case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell should be denied bail while facing charges she lured underage girls for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, because she is a flight risk and does not deserve spe...
Jul 13, 2020
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