Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Breaking the mold: Sculptors seek to create Black figures in bronze
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - The toppling of Confederate statues during nationwide protests against racial injustice brought renewed attention to the importance of U.S. public monuments, v...
Sep 09, 2020
How drugmakers can keep their pledge and still deliver an October vaccine surprise
By Michael Erman and Julie Steenhuysen NEW YORK (Reuters) - As questions mount over whether the United States will authorize a coronavirus vaccine ahead of November elections, experts say there is a s...
Sep 09, 2020
LVMH warns it is set to drop planned Tiffany takeover
PARIS (Reuters) - French luxury goods giant LVMH warned on Wednesday it was set to walk away from its planned takeover of U.S. jeweler Tiffany , due to complications arising over the deal. (Reporting ...
Sep 09, 2020
U.S. COVID-19 deaths near 190,000; Iowa and South Dakota emerge as new hotspots
By Anurag Maan (Reuters) - Coronavirus deaths in the United States were approaching 190,000 on Wednesday along with a spike in new cases in the U.S. Midwest with states like Iowa and South Dakota emer...
Sep 09, 2020
Pandemic e-commerce surge spurs race for ‘Tesla-like’ electric delivery vans
By Nick Carey (Reuters) - Delivery fleet operators face regulatory pressure in California and other states to buy electric vehicles, but a surge in package deliveries thanks to coronavirus lockdowns h...
Sep 09, 2020
Special Report: How a small group of U.S. lawyers pushed voter fraud fears into the mainstream
By Simon Lewis and Joseph Tanfani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For months, President Donald Trump has tried to convince Americans that the Nov. 3 election will be "rigged," claiming without evidence that ma...
Sep 09, 2020
Biden leads Trump by 12 points nationally among likely voters: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 12 percentage points nationally among likely U.S. voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll that also show...
Sep 09, 2020
Biden to offer plan to fight offshoring in key battleground of Michigan
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will visit the battleground state of Michigan on Wednesday, where he will outline new proposals to tax companies that move U.S. jobs ...
Sep 09, 2020
AstraZeneca pauses coronavirus vaccine trial, rollout doubts dent shares
LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has paused global trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine after an unexplained illness in a participant, denting the British drugmaker's shares on Wednesday as th...
Sep 09, 2020
Belarusian opposition politician Znak taken from office by masked people: Ifax citing allies
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian opposition politician Maxim Znak was taken from his office by masked people wearing plain clothes, the Interfax news agency cited his allies as saying on Wednesday. The B...
Sep 09, 2020
