Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. consumer spending appears to slow in August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending appeared to slow in August as extended unemployment benefits were cut for millions of Americans, offering more evidence that the economic recovery from th...
Sep 16, 2020
Pandemic ‘hero’ Filipino nurses struggle to leave home
By Karen Lema and Clare Baldwin MANILA (Reuters) - From across the Philippines, they gathered to pray by Zoom. They were praying to be allowed to leave: To be allowed to take up nursing jobs in countr...
Sep 16, 2020
Exclusive: Top Huawei executives had close ties to company at center of U.S. criminal case
By Steve Stecklow and Marcelo Rochabrun LONDON/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - An obscure Hong Kong-registered company stands at the center of the U.S. criminal case against China's Huawei Technologies and its ...
Sep 16, 2020
NHC says 40% chance of cyclone over southwestern Gulf of Mexico
(Reuters) - A low pressure system located over the south-western Gulf of Mexico now has a 40% chance of developing into a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wedn...
Sep 16, 2020
As some U.S. college students party, others blow the whistle
By Jan Wolfe and Daphne Psaledakis (Reuters) - Some U.S. college students are doing the once-improbable: blowing the whistle on classmates who break rules aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavir...
Sep 16, 2020
Maduro security forces committed crimes against humanity: U.N.
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Venezuelan security forces and allied groups have committed systematic human rights violations including killings and torture amounting to crimes against humani...
Sep 16, 2020
Futures rise on optimism around Fed; FedEx results shine
By Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday as investors hoped for a pledge by the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low for a prolonged period, with upbeat quarter...
Sep 16, 2020
Lilly says antibody reduces need for hospitalization for moderate COVID-19 patients
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - Eli Lilly & Co said on Wednesday that its experimental antibody reduced the need for hospitalization and emergency room visits for patients with moderate COVID-19, accordi...
Sep 16, 2020
Exclusive: GM to manufacture own ‘family’ of EV drive systems, motors
By Norihiko Shirouzu (Reuters) - General Motors Co is set to announce plans on Wednesday to put into production an interchangeable "family" of electric vehicle (EV) drive systems and motors, boosting ...
Sep 16, 2020
Pivotal Harvard race discrimination case to be weighed by U.S. appeals court
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday will consider whether Harvard University discriminates against Asian-American applicants in a closely-watched case that could im...
Sep 16, 2020
