Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
New York University students queue up for coronavirus tests
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hundreds of New York University students and staff waited in line outside a white tent on Tuesday for coronavirus testing ahead of some classes resuming in early September, a scen...
Aug 18, 2020
First night of Democratic National Convention watched by 18.7 million people
(Reuters) - A total of 18.7 million people watched the first night of the Democratic National Convention, according to Fox News, citing early Nielsen Media Research. Due to the coronavirus pandemic th...
Aug 18, 2020
Pelosi: Democrats willing to cut COVID-19 bill in half to get a deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that Democrats in Congress are willing to cut their coronavirus relief bill in half to get an agreement on new...
Aug 18, 2020
NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Ron Meyer departs company after disclosing affair
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Ron Meyer left the Comcast Corp -owned company on Tuesday, after disclosing that he had made a settlement with a woman with whom he had a consens...
Aug 18, 2020
Despite U.S. sanctions bid, Iran aims to keep nuclear deal alive until U.S. election
By Parisa Hafezi and Michelle Nichols DUBAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The fate of a fragile 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers hinges on the result of the U.S. presidential election in Novembe...
Aug 18, 2020
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. accused of 2013 rape in lawsuit filed by unnamed woman
(Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. has been accused of raping a woman twice in a New York City hotel room in 2013, according to a civil lawsuit filed on Tuesday. The woman, identified in...
Aug 18, 2020
New York files insurance fraud charges against opioid makers Teva, Allergan
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday the State Department of Financial Services had filed charges against Teva Pharmaceuticals and Allergan Plc over their role in the opioid cris...
Aug 18, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 169,870 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday said the number of deaths due to the new coronavirus had risen by 520 to 169,870 and reported 5,422,242 cases, an incre...
Aug 18, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. Postmaster General to pause all operational reforms after outcry
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is set to announce later on Tuesday that he will suspend all operational reforms and initiatives until after the November...
Aug 18, 2020
Fauci says virtual classrooms better in parts of country hard hit by COVID-19
(Reuters) - Easing in with virtual classrooms would be better in parts of the country that have a coronavirus infection positivity rate of more than 10%, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious dis...
Aug 18, 2020
