Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Facebook removes GOP lawmaker’s threat to ‘drop’ protesters
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressman's post that suggested armed Black demonstrators should be met with force was removed by Facebook on Wednesday for violating its policies aga...
Sep 02, 2020
Police investigating bomb hoax at Texas pipeline construction site
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Federal and Texas law enforcement agencies are investigating a device made to look like a bomb placed at a construction site for a controversial natural gas pipeline ...
Sep 02, 2020
Mississippi panel selects magnolia design to replace retired state flag
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Mississippi on Wednesday took a big step toward replacing its old state flag dominated by the Confederate "stars and bars" when a commission selected a new design featuring a...
Sep 02, 2020
Duped by Russia, freelancers ensnared in disinformation campaign by promise of easy money
By Jack Stubbs LONDON (Reuters) - When freelance journalist Laura Walters submitted a 1,000 word article about Chinese political influence in New Zealand to her new editors at non-profit media outlet ...
Sep 02, 2020
Winter sea ice in Bering Sea reached lowest levels in millennia: study
By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - The Bering Sea ice cover during the winters of 2018 and 2019 hit new lows not seen in thousands of years, scientists reported on Wednesday, adding to concerns about...
Sep 02, 2020
Exclusive: Brazil Amazon fires likely worst in 10 years, August data incomplete, government researcher says
By Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) - The official August data on the number of fires in Brazil's Amazon needs to be corrected and will likely show an increase over last year, meaning that blazes surged...
Sep 02, 2020
U.S. agency defends decision to withhold report on Russian claims about Biden’s health
By Mark Hosenball and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday defended its decision to withhold circulation of an intelligence report warning that...
Sep 02, 2020
Portland mayor to leave his home after being targeted by protesters
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said he planned to move out of his apartment after people broke windows of the high-rise tower and set fires outside it on Monday and demanded that...
Sep 02, 2020
Internet group urges FCC to reject Trump bid to impose new social media regulations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group representing major internet companies including Facebook Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google, on Wednesday urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to...
Sep 02, 2020
Airbnb spurns approach from Ackman’s blank-check company
By Joshua Franklin, Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Billionaire investor William Ackman has approached short-term home rental company Airbnb Inc about going public through a reverse me...
Sep 02, 2020
