Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Violent 24 hours in Rio de Janeiro, as shootouts plague city
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A family held hostage by drug traffickers. A violent police shootout on a busy street. A mother killed while shielding her three-year-old daughter from...
Aug 27, 2020
Japan PM Abe set to hold news conference amid health concerns
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to hold a news conference on Friday afternoon in which he is expected to address growing concerns about his health after two recent hospital...
Aug 27, 2020
U.S. seeks to seize 280 cryptocurrency accounts tied to North Korean hacks
(Reuters) - The U.S. government sought on Thursday to seize 280 cryptocurrency accounts it said were used by North Korean hackers who stole millions of dollars of cryptocurrency from two virtual excha...
Aug 27, 2020
Asian stocks may be choppy despite U.S. Fed inflation shift, COVID outlook
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Asian equities are likely to have a bumpy ride on Friday after U.S. stocks scaled new peaks for a third straight day and bond yields surged on the Federal Res...
Aug 27, 2020
California approves largest ever utility program to expand EV charging
(Reuters) - California on Thursday approved a $437 million effort to build thousands of electric vehicle chargers, its utility regulator said, calling it the nation's largest ever utility program to e...
Aug 27, 2020
Teenager in Wisconsin shootings charged with six criminal counts: complaint
(Reuters) - Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who was arrested in connection with shootings in Wisconsin that led to the death of two people and injury of another, has been charged with six criminal c...
Aug 27, 2020
Severe or fatal COVID-19 very rare in children, study finds
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Children and young people are far less likely than adults to get severe cases of COVID-19 infection, and death from the pandemic disease among children is exceptiona...
Aug 27, 2020
Kamala Harris condemns looting, violence in wake of police shooting
(Reuters) - U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden's running mate Kamala Harris on Thursday denounced the looting and acts of violence that followed the police shooting of a Black man, as Republicans sou...
Aug 27, 2020
NHL postpones games, joins waves of protests against racial injustice
TORONTO (Reuters) - The National Hockey League said it has postponed playoff games that were scheduled for Thursday and Friday, joining similar moves by other leagues in protest over the police shooti...
Aug 27, 2020
Texas, Florida, California, New York will not follow new U.S. COVID-19 testing plan
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Several large U.S. states including Texas are not heeding new federal health officials' calls to reduce COVID-19 testing of some exposed to the virus, joining a broad reb...
Aug 27, 2020
