Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. says WeChat users will not be penalized
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - WeChat users will not face civil or criminal penalties even if the United States bans the Chinese-owned messaging app through other actions next week, the Ju...
Sep 16, 2020
Trump says staffer tested positive for COVID-19 but was ‘not near’ him
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a White House staffer tested positive for COVID-19 but the individual was not "near" him or "associated with" him. "It was not anyb...
Sep 16, 2020
U.S. intelligence officials to do in-person election security briefings for lawmakers after all
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. intelligence officials will provide in-person briefings to congressional intelligence committees on foreign efforts to meddle in the 2020 election aft...
Sep 16, 2020
Fed touts economic recovery, vows to keep interest rates low
By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday vowed to keep interest rates near zero until inflation is on track to overshoot the U.S. central bank's 2% ta...
Sep 16, 2020
New York judge blasts U.S. prosecutors’ conduct in Iran sanctions case
By Jonathan Stempel and Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday forcefully rebuked federal prosecutors for a series of failures, including withholding exculpatory evidence, that led ...
Sep 16, 2020
Trump says U.S. could distribute at least 100 million COVID vaccine doses by end of 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday at least 100 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine could be distributed in the United States by the end of 2020, months earlier th...
Sep 16, 2020
NASA mulls possible mission to Venus after recent discovery of possible life
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA is considering approving by next April up to two planetary science missions from four proposals under review, including one to Venus that scientists involv...
Sep 16, 2020
Don’t call it the ‘Zoomies’! TV’s Emmy Awards swap high-fives for virtual show
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Television's Emmy Awards usually provide a night of hugs, high-fives and glamorous stars posing on the red carpet, but the coronavirus pandemic will make for a...
Sep 16, 2020
Trump or Biden? Peruvian shamans try to predict U.S. election winner
LIMA (Reuters) - With incense smoke, flowers and photos of President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden, Peruvian shamans performed an ancestral ritual on Wednesday for the U.S. elections, bu...
Sep 16, 2020
Slow-moving storms that deluge coasts become regular part of Atlantic hurricane season
By Jennifer Hiller and Devika Krishna Kumar HOUSTON/MOBILE, Ala. (Reuters) - For Grant Saltz, who runs a barbecue restaurant in Mobile, Alabama, what struck him about Hurricane Sally was its steady, d...
Sep 16, 2020
