Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Two die fighting California lightning fires, tens of thousands flee
By Steven Lam (Reuters) - Two people have been killed fighting hundreds of wildfires ignited by intense lightning storms in California and tens of thousands have fled their homes as structures burn an...
Aug 20, 2020
Merkel, Macron agree to coordinate more on corona travel restrictions
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed on Thursday to coordinate more closely on travel restrictions related to the coronavirus, the chancellor said aft...
Aug 20, 2020
Bayer to pay $1.6 billion to resolve U.S. suits for Essure birth-control device
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bayer said on Thursday it will pay around $1.6 billion to settle the majority of U.S. claims involving its Essure birth-control device. The German company said the agreement is f...
Aug 20, 2020
Harley’s activist investor backs business reboot strategy
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) - An activist investor who shook up Harley-Davidson Inc earlier this year said he is impressed with the changes initiated by new Chief Executive Jochen Zeitz to...
Aug 20, 2020
Uber, Lyft prepare to shut down California rides service on Friday
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc are preparing to suspend their ride-hailing services in California beginning on Friday morning unless an appeals court rules at the last m...
Aug 20, 2020
TikTok removes 380,000 videos for violating hate speech policy
(Reuters) - TikTok has removed more than 380,000 videos in the United States for violating its hate speech policy so far this year, the short-form video app said on Thursday. The app, owned by China's...
Aug 20, 2020
U.S. recovery grinds along as coronavirus case growth eases
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - Americans made tentative moves back to restaurants and gyms over the past week, hiring advanced across a sample of industries and a rise in job postings suggested it ma...
Aug 20, 2020
NYC mayor doubles down on September school reopening after teacher pushback
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday doubled down on his commitment to reopen schools for in-person learning next month, a day after the city's teachers union...
Aug 20, 2020
U.S. infectious diseases expert Fauci had vocal cord polyp surgery: NIAID
(Reuters) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious diseases expert, had surgery on Thursday to remove a polyp on his vocal cord, according to a spokeswoman from the National Institute of Allergy a...
Aug 20, 2020
Johnson & Johnson to test coronavirus vaccine in 60,000 volunteers
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson aims to test its experimental coronavirus vaccine in up to 60,000 volunteers in a late-stage trial scheduled to start in September, according https://bit.ly/3iWRuic to a ...
Aug 20, 2020
