Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. could have capacity of 3 million COVID-19 tests per day, HHS official says
(Reuters) - The United States could have a capacity of 3 million coronavirus tests per day this month, and scale as high as 135 million tests a month by October, a top health official told a U.S. Cong...
Sep 16, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court extends pandemic-related restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court will remain closed to the public and will conduct its October oral arguments by teleconference as it extended its coronavirus-related restrictions into it...
Sep 16, 2020
Russia accuses U.S. of promoting revolution in Belarus
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday accused Washington of trying to foment a revolution in Belarus, where it sent its defence minister for talks on military ties, in a sign that Mo...
Sep 16, 2020
Crews battle wildfires in U.S. West as smoke travels the world
By Deborah Bloom and Brad Brooks PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - As fire crews continued to battle deadly wildfires sweeping the western United States, thousands of evacuees in Oregon and other states face...
Sep 16, 2020
Lawmaker Rubio urges Trump to scrap TikTok-Oracle deal if Bytedance ties remain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican lawmaker called on the Trump administration to reject a proposed deal for Oracle to become a "trusted technology provider" for popular social media platform Tik...
Sep 16, 2020
NYC mayor furloughs staff, self, for week to close pandemic-linked budget gap
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Everyone in the New York City mayor's office, including the mayor himself, will be furloughed for one week beginning Oct. 1 to close a budget shortfall created by the pandemic, Ma...
Sep 16, 2020
Biden leads Trump nationally by 9 points, with suburbs focused on coronavirus, not crime: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads Republican President Donald Trump nationally among likely U.S. voters by 9 percentage points, according to a Reuters/...
Sep 16, 2020
Top Pompeo aides face U.S. House Democrats over Saudi weapons, official’s firing
By Patricia Zengerle and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top aides to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will testify to members of Congress on Wednesday about the firing of the former State...
Sep 16, 2020
Big Ten to start its college football season next month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Big Ten Conference on Wednesday said it would launch its college football season the weekend of Oct. 23-24 after adopting "significant medical protocols" amid the novel coro...
Sep 16, 2020
U.S. plans to distribute COVID-19 vaccine immediately after authorization
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government plans to begin distributing a COVID-19 vaccine within one day of any regulatory authorization, an official from the Department of Health and Human Services sai...
Sep 16, 2020
