Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S moves to protect lobster industry, threatens tariffs on China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum aimed at protecting American lobster fishermen who have found export markets drying up, a senior White House adviser said on Wedn...
Jun 24, 2020
University of Washington forecasts 180,000 U.S. deaths from COVID-19 by October
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - New U.S. COVID-19 forecasts project nearly 180,000 deaths in the United States through the beginning of October, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the U...
Jun 24, 2020
Lawmakers split along party lines on Justice Department’s pot probes
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General William Barr ordered unneeded probes into the cannabis industry because of his opposition to pot, a Justice Department attorney testified Wednesd...
Jun 24, 2020
California seeks to classify Uber, Lyft drivers as employees via court order
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - California is planning to ask a state court judge to force Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc to classify their ride-hail drivers as employees, rather than contractors, ratc...
Jun 24, 2020
Exclusive: Trump administration labels Huawei, Hikvision as backed by Chinese military – document
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has determined that top Chinese firms, including telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] and video surveillance company Hikvision , are ow...
Jun 24, 2020
In reversal, TV show about Trump-Comey clash to air before U.S. election
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A television show about the clash between former FBI director James Comey and U.S. President Donald Trump over Russian interference in the 2016 election will be broadcast in Se...
Jun 24, 2020
Minnesota sues Exxon, Koch and API for being ‘deceptive’ on climate change
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The state of Minnesota on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the American Petroleum Institute, Exxon Mobil Corp and Koch Industries for what it called a deca...
Jun 24, 2020
U.S. agency prepares for massive staff cuts in blow to legal immigration system
By Mica Rosenberg and Mimi Dwyer NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. agency in charge of processing immigration applications said on Wednesday it was preparing to furlough nearly 70% of its workforce unless...
Jun 24, 2020
Siberian heat wave is a ‘warning cry’ from the Arctic, climate scientists say
By Matthew Green and Emma Farge LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) - Pine trees are bursting into flames. Boggy peatlands are tinderbox dry. And towns in northern Russia are sweltering under conditions more typi...
Jun 24, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 2,336,615 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 2,336,615 cases of the coronavirus, an increase of 34,313 cases from its previous count, and said that the n...
Jun 24, 2020
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