Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Russia fails again at U.N. ahead of last-ditch vote on Syria cross-border aid
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday failed in a second U.N. Security Council bid to cut aid access to Syria from Turkey, diplomats said, and the council will now vote on a last...
Jul 09, 2020
Student lender SoFi applies for a bank charter
By Anna Irrera NEW YORK (Reuters) - Student lender Social Finance Inc has applied for a national bank charter with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the company said on Thursday. A b...
Jul 09, 2020
Actors’ Equity union files grievance against Walt Disney World
(Reuters) - The Actors' Equity Association has filed a grievance against Walt Disney World, owned by Walt Disney Co , for retaliating against members for the union's demand that performers at the them...
Jul 09, 2020
U.S. motorists’ driving fell 25.5% in May from year earlier: DOT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. motorists drove 213 billion vehicle miles in May, down more than 50.6 billion miles, or 25.5%, from a year earlier as government lockdowns to stop the spread of the novel cor...
Jul 09, 2020
Exclusive: Fisker the latest electric car maker eyeing deal to go public
By Joshua Franklin, Ben Klayman and Rebecca Spalding (Reuters) - Electric vehicle maker Fisker Inc is in talks to go public through a sale to a so-called blank-check acquisition company, modeled after...
Jul 09, 2020
Pelosi says she wants trillions of dollars in next coronavirus aid bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that the next coronavirus relief legislation will need to include trillions of dollars in aid for state and lo...
Jul 09, 2020
Search resumes for ‘Glee’ star feared drowned on lake
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The search resumed on Thursday for former "Glee" star Naya Rivera who is feared to have drowned while boating on a lake north of Los Angeles, authorities said. Rivera, 33, who ...
Jul 09, 2020
Coronavirus vaccine makers to testify before U.S. House committee
(Reuters) - Five companies developing coronavirus vaccines will testify before a sub-committee of the U.S. House Of Representatives later this month, the House Committee of Energy and Commerce said on...
Jul 09, 2020
Supreme Court sends Trump tax issue back to lower courts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain President Donald Trump’s financial records but prevented - at least for now - Democratic-led...
Jul 09, 2020
U.S. slaps sanctions on four Chinese individuals, including Xinjiang Communist Party head
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday imposed human rights sanctions on four Chinese individuals, including the Xinjiang region's Communist Party Secretary Chen Quanguo, as well as on t...
Jul 09, 2020
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