Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Supreme Court bolsters law banning ‘robocalls’
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld and strengthened a law banning the broadly unpopular but ubiquitous telemarketing practice known as robocalls, striking down...
Jul 06, 2020
White House says masks encouraged as precaution at next Trump rally
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's re-election campaign made the decision to "strongly encourage" masks at the Republican president's next rally as a precautionary measure, the White House chief of...
Jul 06, 2020
U.S. Army private charged in neo-Nazi plot to attack own troops pleads not guilty
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Army private who according to federal prosecutors confessed to his role in plotting a deadly attack on his own military unit pleaded not guilty to charg...
Jul 06, 2020
WHO says reviewing NYT article on concerns over airborne spread of COVID-19
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is reviewing a report that suggested its advice on the novel coronavirus needs updating, after some scientists told the New York Times there was ...
Jul 06, 2020
Hong Kong details new powers under controversial China law
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong released additional details of China's sweeping new national security law for the former British colony on Monday, saying security forces had overriding authority to en...
Jul 06, 2020
U.S. Treasury names small businesses that took pandemic aid, says 51.1 million jobs supported
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Monday released the names of hundreds of thousands of businesses which took money from a high-profile $660 billion pandemic aid program, letting the ...
Jul 06, 2020
Britain’s first sanctions target Russians, Saudis
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's first sanctions will target 25 Russian nationals it says were involved in the mistreatement and death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky and 20 Saudi nationals held to be involved...
Jul 06, 2020
U.S. tops 130,000 deaths from COVID-19 after record surge in cases
By Lisa Shumaker and Doina Chiacu (Reuters) - The number of U.S. coronavirus deaths exceeded 130,000 on Monday, following a surge of new cases that has put President Donald Trump's handling of the cri...
Jul 06, 2020
U.S. trade groups urge China to increase purchases of U.S. goods, services
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and over 40 trade associations on Monday urged top U.S. and Chinese officials to redouble efforts to implement a Phase 1 trade agreement signed by t...
Jul 06, 2020
U.S. court orders Dakota Access oil pipeline to be shut, emptied
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Energy Transfer LP's 570,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Dakota Access oil pipeline must be shut down and emptied in 30 days, a U.S. district court ordered on Monday, dealing the biggest...
Jul 06, 2020
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