Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
California wildfire home losses leap as evacuees return to torched houses
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - California firefighters made progress on Wednesday in containing monster blazes in the San Francisco Bay Area, but inspectors and returning homeowners reported a jump in the ...
Aug 26, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 177,759 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday said the number of deaths due to the coronavirus had risen by 1,142 to 177,759 and also reported 5,752,653 cases, an ...
Aug 26, 2020
Facebook warns advertisers on changes due to upcoming Apple OS
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc outlined some changes on Wednesday that might affect advertisers as thousands of iPhone users are expected to upgrade to Apple Inc's upcoming operating system. "Apple's update...
Aug 26, 2020
U.S. marks 100 years since women given right to vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States marked the centennial of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote on Wednesday with celebrations of the "historic victory" as well as ...
Aug 26, 2020
New York rejects 11th parole bid of John Lennon’s killer
By Peter Szekely NEW YORK (Reuters) - The man who cut short the life and music of rock superstar John Lennon with a burst of bullets nearly 40 years ago lost his 11th bid to be freed from a sentence t...
Aug 26, 2020
Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine trial more than 50 percent enrolled
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Enrollment in the 30,000-volunteer U.S. trial testing a COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech is more than 50 percent complete, Dr. Nicholas Kitchin, a top ...
Aug 26, 2020
U.S. appeals court sides with transgender student over bathroom access
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a Virginia school board acted unlawfully in preventing a transgender student from using a bathroom at his high sc...
Aug 26, 2020
Antarctica ice shelves vulnerable to meltwater that could cut ice ‘like a knife,’ study finds
By Cassandra Garrison BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Meltwater could undermine the walls of ice holding back Antarctica's glaciers, scientists reported on Wednesday, a finding that underscores concern about...
Aug 26, 2020
Stronger Hurricane Laura aims at heart of U.S. oil refining industry
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Laura strengthened on Wednesday as it churned over evacuated oil-production platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and took aim at the energy industry's refin...
Aug 26, 2020
Russia starts trials of approved COVID-19 vaccine on 40,000 people
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia starts a new phase of clinic trials of Russia's approved COVID-19 vaccine called "Sputnik V" that will involve more than 40,000 people in Moscow, the Russian Direct Investmen...
Aug 26, 2020
