Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Republican-led U.S. Senate panel approves subpoenas for Obama-era officials and politicos
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican-led Senate committee on Wednesday voted to move forward with subpoenas and depositions of dozens of Obama-era officials over the objections of Dem...
Sep 16, 2020
Top U.S. health agency spokesman Caputo to go on leave of absence
(Reuters) - Michael Caputo, the top communications official at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will take a two-month-long leave of absence, the agency said on Wednesday. The ne...
Sep 16, 2020
Mount Wilson Observatory safe from Los Angeles fires
By Mimi Dwyer (Reuters) - The Mount Wilson Observatory is no longer at risk in a wildfire burning in the mountains surrounding Los Angeles, a spokesperson for the United States Forest Service said Wed...
Sep 16, 2020
Fed projections show it sees smaller economic hit in 2020 than previously expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve signaled on Wednesday it expects the U.S. economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis to accelerate with unemployment falling faster than the central bank ...
Sep 16, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 195,053 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 6,571,867 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 34,240 cases from its previous count, and said the nu...
Sep 16, 2020
Spotify falls after Apple launches new services bundle
(Reuters) - Shares of Spotify Technology SA fell as much as 7% on Wednesday, after Apple Inc announced a bundled plan for all its services that lowered the cost of Apple Music subscriptions. The Swedi...
Sep 16, 2020
Trump urges Republicans to go for ‘higher numbers’ on coronavirus relief
By Susan Cornwell and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Trump urged his fellow Republicans Wednesday to go for "much higher numbers" in a coronavirus aid bill, as a stalemate continued in ...
Sep 16, 2020
New York man arrested after apartment fire; explosive materials found
(Reuters) - A New York City man was arrested early on Wednesday after he was injured in a fire at his apartment, where authorities later found chemicals that could be used to make bombs and instructio...
Sep 16, 2020
AstraZeneca’s trial illnesses may not be due to COVID-19 shot: Oxford Univ
(Reuters) - The adverse events that led to a pause in trials evaluating AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine candidate may not have been associated with the vaccine itself, according to a document outli...
Sep 16, 2020
Virtual schooling dents retail sales, Trump economic message
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - Slower-than-expected sales at retailers in August suggest a speed bump is emerging in the U.S. economic recovery from coronavirus lockdowns, less than two months before the N...
Sep 16, 2020
