Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Column: How Democrats could curb a conservative SCOTUS without court-packing: Frankel
By Alison Frankel NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and Republicans in the U.S. Senate are barreling forward with plans to lock down conservative control of the U.S. Supreme Court for decade...
Sep 23, 2020
Possible virus vulnerability discovered; about 20% of people with COVID-19 remain asymptomatic
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Sep 23, 2020
Democratic challenger leads in Arizona Senate race: Reuters/Ipsos
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly leads Arizona's Republican incumbent Martha McSally among likely voters, according to Reuters/Ipsos opinion polls released ...
Sep 23, 2020
Facebook to reject political ads prematurely claiming election victory
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will not accept political ads that seek to claim victory before the results of the 2020 U.S. election are declared, a company spokesman tweeted on Wednesday. The...
Sep 23, 2020
TikTok asks judge to block U.S. from barring app for download
(Reuters) - TikTok asked a U.S. judge on Wednesday to block a Trump administration order that would require Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to remove the short video-sharing app for new downloads ...
Sep 23, 2020
Canada’s COVID-19 testing system overwhelmed after slow move to new tests
By Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's recent spike in COVID-19 cases has created day-long lines at testing centers and prolonged waits for results, highlighting gaps in a system that leans h...
Sep 23, 2020
Volkswagen to compensate victims of Brazil dictatorship – report
BERLIN (Reuters) - German carmaker Volkswagen will pay about 36 million reais ($6.5 million) in compensation to more than 60 former employees who were persecuted during Brazil's 1964-1985 military dic...
Sep 23, 2020
Michigan aims for carbon neutrality by 2050
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed an executive directive setting a goal for the midwestern state to become carbon neutral by 2050, the ...
Sep 23, 2020
New York City moves to curb COVID-19 spread in new clusters
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City officials said on Wednesday they were working to address a rise in COVID-19 cases in parts of Brooklyn and Queens that was raising "a lot of concern...
Sep 23, 2020
Times Square New Year’s Eve to go virtual
(Reuters) - The New Year's Eve in Times Square will be virtual this year in a scaled back, socially distant celebration, the organizers of the event said on Wednesday. They said a very limited group o...
Sep 23, 2020
