Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Wall Street opens flat ahead of first presidential debate
(Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were muted at the open on Tuesday as investors stayed away from making big bets ahead of the first presidential debate, while awaiting a reading on consumer conf...
Sep 29, 2020
Wall Street’s IPO enemies ready one-two punch
By Joshua Franklin, Krystal Hu and Anirban Sen NEW YORK (Reuters) - There have only been two direct listings on the New York Stock Exchange in the last two years. There is about to be two more in a si...
Sep 29, 2020
Unequal education: Pandemic widens race, class gaps in U.S. schools
By Nathan Layne YORK, Pa. (Reuters) - Natalie Cruz, 12, missed math and language arts instruction one recent morning because the school's virtual interface would not load. Carlos, her 8-year-old broth...
Sep 29, 2020
U.S. judge to weigh whether to drop criminal case against ex-Trump adviser Flynn
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday will weigh whether to grant a request by the Justice Department to dismiss a criminal charge against President Donald Trump's former...
Sep 29, 2020
Google offers concessions in fresh bid to win EU okay for Fitbit deal
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google has offered concessions for a second time in a bid to address EU antitrust regulators' concerns about its bid for fitness tracker maker Fitbit...
Sep 29, 2020
Trump and Biden to meet in pivotal first presidential debate
By John Whitesides (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden will square off for the first time on Tuesday in a pivotal debate that will provide a stark clash of sty...
Sep 29, 2020
Supreme Court nominee Barrett meets senators in race to confirmation
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sprint to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to become President Donald Trump's third conservative appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court begins in e...
Sep 29, 2020
Barrett high-court vote against Obamacare not as certain as Democrats claim
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett's comments suggesting she backed challenges to the Obamacare healthcare law do not ensure she would vote to inval...
Sep 29, 2020
Lost year: New York parents wrestle with uncertainty as more schools open
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jodi Cook will drop off her son to his Brooklyn school on Tuesday for the first time in months, but even though her 6-year-old will get at least some time interac...
Sep 29, 2020
Trump ups spending on lawyers as U.S. election legal battles heat up
By Caroline Spiezio and Rick Linsk (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's campaign is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on lawyers to litigate voting by mail, including in the battleground state...
Sep 29, 2020
