Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Oregon governor ‘incredibly worried’ about violence at Proud Boys rally
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - Oregon Governor Kate Brown on Friday declared a state of emergency in Portland over the weekend due to risks of violence as thousands of members of what she called "white sup...
Sep 25, 2020
Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine produces strong immune response in early trial
By Vishwadha Chander (Reuters) - A single dose of Johnson & Johnson's experimental COVID-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response against the novel coronavirus in an early-to-mid stage clinical tr...
Sep 25, 2020
In Justice Ginsburg’s footsteps: seven lawyers fighting for equality around the world
By Anastasia Moloney, Kim Harrisberg, Roli Srivastava, Nita Bhalla and Rina Chandran The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a champion of women's rights and prevailed over systemi...
Sep 25, 2020
U.S. tells judge it opposes TikTok effort to halt app store ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said Friday it will oppose a request from TikTok to delay an ban on U.S. app stores Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc Google set for late Sunday. The govern...
Sep 25, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 202,329 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 6,958,632 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 42,340 cases from its previous count, and said that the ...
Sep 25, 2020
Florida restaurants can now operate with no restrictions, governor says
(Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis lifted COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants as he announced the state would enter Phase 3 of reopening on Friday. "I think that this will be very very importa...
Sep 25, 2020
Oklahoma pension fund accuses Cannae Holdings of self-dealing
By Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) - An Oklahoma pension fund has sued Cannae Holdings Inc, including its chairman, Bill Foley, accusing it of self-dealing in an arrangement that outsourced management of C...
Sep 25, 2020
SpaceX handed loss in challenge over Air Force contract
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) - A federal judge plans to deny SpaceX's challenge to U.S. Air Force contracts awarded to its rivals, writing in a Thursday court filing that the Pentagon properly assessed ...
Sep 25, 2020
Two charged in coronavirus outbreak at veterans’ home in Massachusetts: attorney general
(Reuters) - Two people were indicted for their alleged role in a COVID-19 outbreak at a Massachusetts veterans' home that contributed to the death of at least 76 residents, the state's attorney genera...
Sep 25, 2020
‘Never-ending nightmare’: Violence returns to Paris street where Charlie Hebdo was attacked
By Tangi Salan PARIS (Reuters) - The stabbing of two people in Paris's rue Nicolas-Appert on Friday brought violence back to the street where, five years ago, Islamist militants killed 12 people in th...
Sep 25, 2020
