Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
NBA players decide to continue season after boycott over racial injustice
By Frank Pingue and Amy Tennery (Reuters) - National Basketball Association (NBA) players agreed on Thursday not to boycott the rest of the season after forcing the postponement of a slate of playoff ...
Aug 27, 2020
Wisconsin police officer who shot Jacob Blake is 31-year-old with 7 years on the force
By Jan Wolfe and Nathan Layne (Reuters) - The white police officer who shot Jacob Blake, paralyzing the Black man and setting off civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has served on the city's police fo...
Aug 27, 2020
Malta journalist murder suspect accused former PM’s chief of staff: police
VALLETTA (Reuters) - A businessman suspected of masterminding the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has told police that the ex-chief of staff of the former prime minister wanted her...
Aug 27, 2020
Trump administration to purchase 150 million Abbott COVID-19 tests for $750 million
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration will purchase 150 million rapid coronavirus tests from Abbott Laboratories for about $750 million, a White House spokeswoman said on Thursday. The porta...
Aug 27, 2020
Prayers and faxed letters: Texas woman buries husband who died of COVID-19
By Callaghan O'Hare and Maria Caspani HOUSTON (Reuters) - As hundreds of thousands of people in Texas fled their homes ahead of Hurricane Laura on Wednesday, Michelle Gutierrez was in Houston burying ...
Aug 27, 2020
Voter advocacy groups file lawsuit against Trump’s social media executive order
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five non-profits including three voter advocacy groups filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's social media executive order on Thursday, arguing it hurt...
Aug 27, 2020
Chemical fire erupts in hurricane-hit Louisiana, governor urges residents to stay indoors
(Reuters) - Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards on Thursday asked residents in three southwest communities to stay indoors with windows and doors shut as a chemical plume rose from a fire at an plant ...
Aug 27, 2020
Former UAW President Williams charged with conspiracy to embezzle union funds: prosecutor
DETROIT (Reuters) - The former president of the United Auto Workers, Dennis Williams, was charged with conspiring with other union officials to embezzle UAW funds, U.S. prosecutors in Detroit said on ...
Aug 27, 2020
Pelosi says White House must offer more COVID-19 funding for any deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House must increase its $1 trillion offer for more federal coronavirus aid if it wants to ink a deal with Congress, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said ahead of plann...
Aug 27, 2020
Walmart partners with Microsoft for TikTok bid: CNBC
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc is partnering with Microsoft Corp in the software maker's bid to buy Bytedance-owned TikTok, CNBC reported on Thursday. Walmart did not immediately respond to Reuters request f...
Aug 27, 2020
