Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
New York City restaurants can resume indoor dining on Sept 30: governor
(Reuters) - New York City restaurants will be able to resume indoor dining at 25-percent capacity with some restrictions on September 30, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday. (reporting b...
Sep 09, 2020
Trump says he minimized coronavirus, didn’t want to create panic: Woodward book
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump acknowledged in February he knew how deadly and contagious the novel coronavirus was but played it down because he did not want to create a panic, accordi...
Sep 09, 2020
Some scientists spot “unlikely” patterns in Russia vaccine data: letter
By Polina Ivanova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Twenty-six scientists, most of them working at universities in Italy, have signed an open letter questioning the reliability of the data presented in the early-sta...
Sep 09, 2020
U.S. blocking visas of some Chinese graduate students and researchers: DHS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is blocking visas for certain Chinese graduate students and researchers to prevent them from stealing sensitive research, Chad Wolf, the acting head of the U.S...
Sep 09, 2020
NFL: Political divide on athlete activism widens in the U.S. – Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - The political divide over athlete protests has deepened in the four years since NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the playing of the U.S. na...
Sep 09, 2020
Barr defends Justice Department intervention in Carroll defamation case against Trump
(Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday defended his department's decision to intervene and defend President Donald Trump against a defamation lawsuit brought by author E. Jean Car...
Sep 09, 2020
U.S. NIH director says will not compromise on coronavirus vaccine safety
(Reuters) - The pause of AstraZeneca Plc's coronavirus vaccine trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant shows that safety of vaccines will not be compromised, the head of the Nation...
Sep 09, 2020
Amtrak passenger railroad needs up to $4.9 billion in government funding: CEO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amtrak chief executive William Flynn will tell Congress on Wednesday the U.S. passenger railroad needs up to $4.9 billion in government funding to avoid service and job cuts and...
Sep 09, 2020
U.S. Justice Department moves to defend Trump against rape accuser’s defamation lawsuit
By New York Newsroom NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice intervened in a defamation lawsuit by a woman who accused President Donald Trump of raping her, moving the case to federal cour...
Sep 09, 2020
FDA authorizes emergency use of COVID-19 test from Alphabet’s Verily
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted an emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 test from Alphabet Inc unit Verily Life Sciences. The FDA, in a letter dated Sept. 8, said t...
Sep 09, 2020
