Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Asian stocks set to rise as drug trials, data push Wall Street higher
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Asian stocks were set to climb on Wednesday after another late Wall Street surge in response to upbeat trial results for a COVID-19 treatment and data showing...
Jun 16, 2020
Transparency needed to restore trust after 737 MAX crashes: FAA chief
(Reuters) - U.S. FAA chief Steve Dickson will tell a Senate committee at a hearing on Wednesday that transparency is key to restoring public trust in the agency and planemaker Boeing Co in the wake of...
Jun 16, 2020
U.S. calls bid by men to avoid extradition over ex-Nissan boss Ghosn’s escape ‘flawed’
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday said a former Green Beret and his son, wanted by Japan for helping former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn flee the country, were advanc...
Jun 16, 2020
North Korea rejects South’s offer of envoys, vows to send back troops to border
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Wednesday it has rejected South Korea's offer to send special envoys, and vowed to send back troops to demilitarised border units in the latest st...
Jun 16, 2020
Show me the data: U.S. doctors skeptical of reported COVID breakthrough
By Michael Erman and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - The report on Tuesday of a powerful treatment for the new coronavirus brought skepticism along with optimism among U.S. doctors, who said the recent ...
Jun 16, 2020
U.S. sues former Trump adviser Bolton to block book publication
(Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday sued former national security advisor John Bolton, seeking to block him from publishing a book about his time in the White House that it said contained classif...
Jun 16, 2020
Factbox: What is Juneteenth and how are people commemorating it this year?
(Reuters) - Juneteenth, an annual U.S. holiday on June 19, has taken on greater significance this year following nationwide protests over police brutality and the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylo...
Jun 16, 2020
Texas Democrats ask Supreme Court to expand mail-in voting
By Brad Brooks AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas Democratic Party said on Tuesday it asked the U.S. Supreme Court to accept its case seeking to expand vote-by-mail in the state ahead of this year's ...
Jun 16, 2020
Two men charged in slaying of federal courthouse guard in Oakland, California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two men have been charged in the slaying last month of a federal courthouse guard in Oakland, California, during an ambush blocks away from anti-racism protests sparked by Geor...
Jun 16, 2020
PG&E pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in California wildfire deaths: report
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - PG&E pleaded guilty on Tuesday to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from a devastating 2018 wildfire in Northern California touched off by the utility company's do...
Jun 16, 2020
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