Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly increased last week, supporting views the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic was runni...
Sep 24, 2020
United to provide COVID-19 tests to customers on San Francisco-Hawaii flights
(Reuters) - United Airlines said on Thursday customers traveling from San Francisco to Hawaii would have the option to take a rapid COVID-19 test at the airport or a self-collected, mail-in test ahead...
Sep 24, 2020
Coronavirus fuels historic legal battle over voting as 2020 U.S. election looms
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The Nov. 3 contest between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden has generated an unprecedented wave of election-related litigation, as both sides seek to...
Sep 24, 2020
Futures muted ahead of jobless claims as economic recovery slows
By Sagarika Jaisinghani (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were subdued on Thursday as investors braced for another staggering weekly jobless claims figure, the latest evidence of a slowing economic...
Sep 24, 2020
As wildfires approach Silicon Valley, tech firms struggle to find the backing to fight them
By Jane Lanhee Lee and Nathan Frandino (Reuters) - Silicon Valley's innovation engine has been slow to produce useful new tools to help firefighters like Dave Winnacker extinguish the deadly blazes th...
Sep 24, 2020
Bleary-eyed U.S. election officials turn to signature-verifying software in mail-in surge
By Paresh Dave and Andy Sullivan OAKLAND, Calif./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When election officials in at least 29 U.S. counties face an expected avalanche of mail-in ballots in the Nov. 3 presidential el...
Sep 24, 2020
Trump, eyeing Farm Country, starts working on ethanol industry’s year-old wishlist
By Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, looking to shore up support in the U.S. Farm Belt during a tight race for re-election, is taking steps to help produ...
Sep 24, 2020
Paul Selva, once one of Trump’s top generals, endorses Biden
By Phil Stewart (Reuters) - Once one of President Donald Trump's most senior military advisers, retired General Paul Selva is joining a large group of former Pentagon leaders to publicly endorse Democ...
Sep 24, 2020
Trump to campaign in crucial Florida amid high court suspense
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With speculation swirling over his pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, President Donald Trump heads to Florida on Thursday, hoping to shore up support in that hot...
Sep 24, 2020
Bad blood from Kavanaugh confirmation may resurface in U.S. Senate hearings
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The bitter confirmation battle over President Donald Trump's last Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, looms large for the Senate Judiciary Committee as it ...
Sep 24, 2020
