Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Exclusive: U.S. shale producers Devon, WPX Energy in merger talks
By David French NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. shale producer Devon Energy Corp is in talks to acquire rival WPX Energy Inc in an all-stock transaction that would create a combined company worth around $6 ...
Sep 26, 2020
Biden promises U.S. mayors he will be a partner in the White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden assured U.S. mayors on Saturday he would be an active partner in the White House in helping them respond to racial justice protests a...
Sep 26, 2020
As U.S., China squabble at U.N., a plea – and warning – from one of world’s smallest states
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - As China and the United States feuded at the United Nations this week over COVID-19 and climate, one of the world's smallest states pleaded for detente. "Micro...
Sep 26, 2020
Minnesota, Montana and South Dakota report record rises in COVID cases
(Reuters) - Minnesota, Montana and South Dakota reported record one-day increases in COVID-19 cases on Saturday as infections rise nationally for a second week in a row, according to a Reuters analysi...
Sep 26, 2020
Rochester names first female police chief in wake of racial justice protests
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mayor of Rochester, New York named the city's first female police chief on Saturday, weeks after firing the previous chief amid protests over the death of a Black man in polic...
Sep 26, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 203,180 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 7,009,216 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 50,584 from its previous count, and said that the numb...
Sep 26, 2020
Arrest warrants issued against Mexican military members in 2014 student disappearances
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - In Mexico, arrest warrants have been issued for members of the Mexican military who may have participated in the 2014 disappearance of 43 students, the head of the investigatio...
Sep 26, 2020
Auschwitz memorial director offers to share Nigerian boy’s blasphemy jail term
LAGOS (Reuters) - The head of Poland's Auschwitz Memorial has written to Nigeria's president offering to serve part of a 10-year jail term handed to a 13-year-old boy for blasphemy. Piotr Cywinski req...
Sep 26, 2020
Canadian police arrest man over ‘hoax’ Islamic State activity
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian police have arrested a man on suspicion of lying about having joined Islamic State and committed execution-style killings, charging him with "hoax-terrorist activity", aut...
Sep 26, 2020
Daimler’s designated chairman Zetsche tells newspaper he no longer wants the job
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler's Dieter Zetsche told Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper that he will not seek to become chairman of the supervisory board of the German carmaker....
Sep 26, 2020
