Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Shale pioneer Chesapeake Energy files for bankruptcy
(Reuters) - Shale pioneer Chesapeake Energy Corp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday, the biggest U.S. oil and gas producer to collapse this year under the weight of too much debt and...
Jun 28, 2020
U.S. to extend Texas testing capabilities as long as state leaders want: Pence
(Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Pence on Sunday said the federal government would extend support for coronavirus testing in Texas as long as necessary amid a dangerous surge in new cases, after U.S. h...
Jun 28, 2020
Republican senator sees effort this week to revive police reform debate in U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers will try this week to revive efforts to enact police reform legislation in Congress, a Republican senator said on Sunday, after moves to address police misconduct...
Jun 28, 2020
In Haiti, coronavirus spreads in slums, showing challenge for Latin America
By Andre Paultre and Sarah Marsh PORT-AU-PRINCE/HAVANA (Reuters) - Berthony Clermont shares a two-room flat without running water with 10 relatives in the Haitian capital's Cite Soleil slum, so when h...
Jun 28, 2020
Exclusive: Facebook ad boycott campaign to go global, organizers say
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Organizers of a Facebook Inc advertising boycott campaign that has drawn support from a rapidly expanding list of major companies are now preparing to take the battle global...
Jun 28, 2020
Big tobacco, big oil and Buffett join Fed’s portfolio
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve bought $428 million in bonds of individual companies through mid-June, making investments in familiar household names like Walmart and AT&T as well in m...
Jun 28, 2020
Crowds pack Arizona river as U.S. posts record COVID cases for three days running
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - Hot and sunny weather in Arizona led to crowds tubing on at least one river this weekend as that state and a dozen others face the worst surge in coronavirus cases since t...
Jun 28, 2020
Only Black Republican senator offended by Trump retweeting video with white power message
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, said on Sunday that President Donald Trump's retweet of a video containing a white power message was offensive a...
Jun 28, 2020
Trump denies being told about Russian bounties to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Sunday said he was never briefed about Russian efforts to pay bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan, blasting a New Y...
Jun 28, 2020
Rolling Stones Working With BMI to Stop Trump’s Use of ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ at Rallies
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - For years, it has seemed as if Donald Trump can always get what he wants, at least when it comes to using classic rock and pop hits at his campaign rallies against the wish...
Jun 28, 2020
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