Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. COVID-19 deaths approach 180,000, cases continue to fall
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus were approaching 180,000 on Thursday after a surge of new cases in June and July, particularly in hotspots like California, Florida,...
Aug 27, 2020
Spain to make children over six wear masks at school
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish schoolchildren aged six and over must wear masks to class, the government announced on Thursday, unveiling a plan to reopen schools just days before the start of the new aca...
Aug 27, 2020
EU pays 336 million euros for doses of AstraZeneca’s potential COVID-19 vaccine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has paid 336 million euros ($396 million) to secure at least 300 million doses of the potential COVID-1 vaccine being developed by British drug maker Astra...
Aug 27, 2020
FDA warns against hand sanitizers that look like drinks
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday warned of alcohol-based sanitizers being packaged and sold in containers that appear like food or drinks. At a time when health agen...
Aug 27, 2020
Who else but Navalny? Kremlin critic’s illness a blow for campaign to break Putin’s grip
By Tom Balmforth and Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's sudden illness has upended his strategy to challenge Vladimir Putin's grip on power at upcoming regional elections....
Aug 27, 2020
White House’s Meadows to discuss COVID-19 aid with Pelosi on Thursday: Bloomberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows will restart discussions about further COVID-19 relief legislation with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday, Bloomberg News repor...
Aug 27, 2020
New season of ‘Fortnite’ is here, Apple users miss out
(Reuters) - Epic Games launched the new season of hit video game "Fortnite" on Thursday, pitting Marvel super heroes against Fantastic Four-villain Galactus in the first update to exclude iPhone and i...
Aug 27, 2020
U.S. weekly jobless claims drift around 1 million
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits hovered around 1 million last week, suggesting the labor market recovery was stalling as the COVID-19 pandemi...
Aug 27, 2020
U.S. Judge blocks federal execution set for Friday
(Reuters) - A U.S. District Court judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday ordered a halt to the federal government's planned execution on Friday of Keith Dwayne Nelson, saying its lethal injection prot...
Aug 27, 2020
From golden age to war and ruin: Lebanon in turmoil as it hits 100
By Tom Perry and Imad Creidi BEIRUT (Reuters) - Looking back on his childhood in the newly declared state of Lebanon nearly a century ago, Salah Tizani says the country was set on course for calamity ...
Aug 27, 2020
