Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Asian markets set to come under pressure after another down day on Wall Street
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks were set to come under pressure on Wednesday after Wall Street sank for the third consecutive day led by declines in heavyweight technology compan...
Sep 08, 2020
Northrop Grumman wins $13.3 billion missile replacement contract
(Reuters) - Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp said on Tuesday it was awarded a $13.3 billion contract by the U.S. Air Force to modernize the country's intercontinental ballistic missile system....
Sep 08, 2020
AstraZeneca puts COVID-19 vaccine trial on hold over safety concern: Stat News
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc has put a hold on the late-stage trial of its highly-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine candidate after a suspected serious adverse reaction in a study participant, health news w...
Sep 08, 2020
Judge voids Trump ‘joint employer’ rule that U.S. states called anti-labor
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Trump administration rule that narrowed the definition of "joint employer," and which the attorneys general of 17 stat...
Sep 08, 2020
Qiagen readies launch of rapid COVID-19 antigen test
By Manas Mishra and Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - German diagnostic test maker Qiagen on Tuesday said it planned to launch a COVID-19 antigen test that can provide results in 15 minutes and test about 30...
Sep 08, 2020
Trump will extend drilling ban off Florida, expand it to two more states
JUPITER, Fla. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will sign an executive order to extend the ban on oil drilling on the eastern Gulf of Mexico off Florida as he seeks to win support ...
Sep 08, 2020
Rochester police chief retiring in wake of scrutiny over Daniel Prude’s death
(Reuters) - Rochester Police Chief La'Ron Singletary has announced plans to retire, the city's mayor said on Tuesday, a move that comes amid growing scrutiny over the police department's handling of t...
Sep 08, 2020
Raging wildfires destroy Washington town, roar through California, Oregon
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Uncontrolled wildfires raged across the U.S. West on Tuesday, incinerating the Washington town of Malden and threatening communities in Oregon and Ca...
Sep 08, 2020
From sun screen to snow boots, U.S. Rockies sees striking weather change
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - The U.S. Rockies was bracing for an extreme swing in weather conditions on Tuesday, with forecasters warning of a winter storm bringing heavy snows and damaging win...
Sep 08, 2020
COVID-19 cases rise in U.S. Midwest and Northeast, deaths fall for third week
(Reuters) - Several states in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast have seen new COVID-19 cases increase for two weeks in a row, though nationally both new infections and deaths last week remained on a down...
Sep 08, 2020
