Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Trump heads to politically crucial Wisconsin amid violence, racial unrest
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite entreaties to stay away, President Donald Trump heads to Kenosha, Wisconsin on Tuesday to highlight his "law and order" campaign theme in a city upended by...
Sep 01, 2020
Coffee, ketchup and Nike Air Max: it’s the COVID consumer economy
By Nick Carey, Richa Naidu and Siddharth Cavale (Reuters) - Instant coffee, ketchup, Lululemon yoga pants and Nike Air Max sneakers are all in. Bottled water, pricey diapers and Burberry luxury trench...
Sep 01, 2020
Exclusive: Hackers test defenses of Trump campaign websites ahead of U.S. election, security staff warn
By Jack Stubbs LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers have stepped up efforts to knock Trump campaign and business websites offline ahead of the U.S. election, in what a security firm working for the campaign sai...
Sep 01, 2020
Portland Police use smoke grenades, pepper balls to control gathering of protesters
By Deborah Bloom PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Protests flared again in Portland overnight on Monday as demonstrators clashed with police on the streets of the city which after months of sometimes violen...
Sep 01, 2020
Senator Markey battles Kennedy ‘mystique’ in Massachusetts Democratic primary
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts Democrats on Tuesday will decide whether they want to position a young member of the fabled Kennedy family to join the U.S. Senate or stick with t...
Sep 01, 2020
Back to school: how European classrooms are coping with COVID
(Reuters) - Schools across Europe are reopening as summer break ends and governments insist that students return to the classroom after months of online learning due to the coronavirus pandemic. Count...
Sep 01, 2020
Marches and boycotts mark start of school year in Belarus
(Reuters) - Hundreds of students boycotted the start of the school year in Belarus on Tuesday, answering a call from exiled opposition figure Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to demand new elections and keep ...
Sep 01, 2020
India leads global rise in new weekly COVID-19 cases, while deaths down: WHO
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - India reported the most new COVID-19 cases of any country in the past week, its nearly half a million fresh infections pushing the global tally up by 1 percent,...
Sep 01, 2020
Delivering super-cooled COVID-19 vaccine a daunting challenge for some countries
By Matthias Inverardi and Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Getting a coronavirus vaccine from manufacturing sites to some parts of the world with rural populations and unreliable electricity supply...
Sep 01, 2020
Lawsuit says McDonald’s discriminates against Black franchisees
(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp has been sued by 52 Black former franchise owners who accuse the fast-food giant of racial discrimination by steering them to depressed, crime-ridden neighborhoods and sett...
Sep 01, 2020
