Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Swiftly spreading wildfire erupts in California’s Napa Valley wine country
By Stephen Lam ST. HELENA, Calif. (Reuters) - A wind-driven wildfire erupted on Sunday in the heart of northern California's Napa Valley wine country and spread across more than 1,000 acres (404 hecta...
Sep 27, 2020
Trump paid no income taxes in 10 of last 15 years: New York Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in both 2016 and 2017, the New York Times reported Sunday, citing tax-return data. Trump also paid no income taxes ...
Sep 27, 2020
Kentucky legislator urges police to drop charges against her and fellow Breonna Taylor protesters
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - A Kentucky legislator who was arrested during demonstrations over the Breonna Taylor case accused Louisville police of detaining her and about 20 allies on false pretenses...
Sep 27, 2020
U.S. health agency reports 853 new COVID-19 deaths, taking total to 204,033
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 7,059,087 total COVID-19 cases, an increase of 49,871 infections from its previous count, and said the nation's...
Sep 27, 2020
Top Democrat expresses hope deal can be reached with White House on COVID-19 relief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, said on Sunday she thinks a deal can be reached with the White House on a coronavirus relief package and that talk...
Sep 27, 2020
Judge plans to decide on TikTok U.S. app store ban by end of day
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Washington said he plans to decide later on Sunday whether to block a Trump administration order banning Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google from offering Chines...
Sep 27, 2020
Venus Williams slumps to opening defeat in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) - Former French Open runner-up Venus Williams suffered her second successive first-round loss in a Grand Slam as she went down 6-4 6-4 to Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova on Sunday...
Sep 27, 2020
Daimler Investors push for independent chairman as Zetsche bows out
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Investors welcomed former Daimler chief executive Dieter Zetsche's decision to forego his role as chairman of the German carmaker, announced at the weekend and starting a race to...
Sep 27, 2020
Belarusian police detain protesters as tens of thousands rally against Lukashenko
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Belarusian security forces began detaining people on Sunday as tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Minsk for the seventh straight weekend calling on veter...
Sep 27, 2020
China’s Xi says ‘happiness’ in Xinjiang on the rise, will keep teaching ‘correct’ outlook
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said levels of happiness among all ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang are rising and that China plans to keep teaching its residents a "c...
Sep 27, 2020
