Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Some U.S. cities turn against first planned small-scale nuclear plant
By Timothy Gardner and Nichola Groom (Reuters) - The first U.S. small-scale nuclear power project, grappling with cost overruns and delays, faces another challenge: the defection of cities that had co...
Sep 02, 2020
U.S. businesses see modest increase in activity, Fed survey shows
(Reuters) - U.S. businesses saw a modest increase in activity and employment generally increased through late August, a Federal Reserve report showed on Wednesday, but economic growth remained sluggis...
Sep 02, 2020
White House’s Birx denies ‘herd immunity’ policy under consideration
By Ben Klayman LIVONIA, Mich. (Reuters) - White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx on Wednesday dismissed the notion that the White House was considering a strategy of allowing ...
Sep 02, 2020
U.S. House panel subpoenas U.S. Postal Service chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy received a subpoena from a congressional panel seeking documents over his decision to implement changes that Democrats said threatened mail d...
Sep 02, 2020
Revised Weinstein settlement draws opposition at court hearing
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Lawyers for Harvey Weinstein's bankrupt film studio on Wednesday presented a revised proposal to settle sexual misconduct claims against the disgraced former p...
Sep 02, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 184,083 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday said the number of deaths due to the new coronavirus had risen by 1,033 to 184,083 and reported 6,047,692 cases, an i...
Sep 02, 2020
U.S. NIH awards nine companies $129 million to scale up COVID-19 testing
(Reuters) - The National Institutes of Health is awarding $129.3 million to nine companies to support scaling-up coronavirus testing and manufacturing new testing technologies, the U.S. health agency ...
Sep 02, 2020
Fauci says COVID-19 vaccine trial enrollment promising for vaccine decision: MSNBC
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said on MSNBC that based on the patient enrollment rate in COVID-19 vaccine trials underway, there could be enough clinical data t...
Sep 02, 2020
B/E Aerospace founder’s son charged in U.S. college admissions scandal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A son of the co-founder of aircraft interior maker B/E Aerospace was indicted on Wednesday on charges he participated in a vast U.S. college admissions bribery and f...
Sep 02, 2020
Exclusive: Aspiring TikTok buyers pursue four options in effort to revive talks – sources
By Echo Wang, Greg Roumeliotis and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - TikTok's prospective buyers are discussing four ways to structure an acquisition from its Chinese owner ByteDance, which include buying its U....
Sep 02, 2020
