Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Science News (Master Feed)
U.S. judge orders USPS to reinforce ‘extraordinary measures’ ballot delivery policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) must remind senior managers they must follow its "extraordinary measures" policy and use its Express Mail Network to expedite ballots ahead of Tue...
Nov 01, 2020
Democrat Gary Peters maintains lead in Michigan U.S. Senate race: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Gary Peters of Michigan leads his Republican challenger, John James, by seven points with days to go before an election that will determine which part...
Nov 01, 2020
Texan Republicans lose bid to halt drive-through voting but fight continues
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - A group of Texas Republicans have lost one of two legal challenges they brought in the hope of halting drive-through voting in Houston and having more than 120,000 votes throw...
Nov 01, 2020
Days before U.S. election, Biden’s lead widens in Rust Belt: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden's lead over U.S. President Donald Trump has widened a little in the final days of the 2020 campaign in three critical Rust Belt states that Trump narrowly ...
Nov 01, 2020
U.S. coronavirus cases keep rising in grim march to Election Day
By Doina Chiacu and Susan Cornwell (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases continued their grim climb in the United States on Sunday with Midwestern states experiencing record hospitalizations, as increasingly ...
Nov 01, 2020
Explainer: Are Trump’s rallies spreading coronavirus? Why it’s hard to know the full impact
By Julie Steenhuysen and Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Stanford University economists estimate that President Donald Trump's campaign rallies have resulted in 30,000 additional confirmed cases of COVID-1...
Nov 01, 2020
In George Floyd’s hometown, a season of protest ends at the polls
By Brad Brooks HOUSTON (Reuters) - Dexter Faircloth stalked the streets of Houston's Third Ward, the historic Black neighborhood where he was born and raised, shouting greetings and asking an urgent q...
Nov 01, 2020
Cuba has big stake in U.S. election after Trump’s trashing of detente
By Nelson Acosta and Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Pensioner Esperanza Chacn, 89, prays every day for Donald Trump to lose the U.S. presidential election. Like many Cubans, her livelihood has been th...
Nov 01, 2020
Biden nears finish line with lead in polls, but Trump still close in swing states
By Chris Kahn and John Whitesides NEW YORK (Reuters) - With two days to go, Democrat Joe Biden holds a commanding national lead over President Donald Trump amid deep voter concerns about the coronavir...
Nov 01, 2020
Factbox: Key legal battles shape upcoming U.S. presidential election
By Jan Wolfe and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas will hold a hearing on Monday on whether Houston officials illegally allowed drive-through voting and must toss more than ...
Nov 01, 2020
