Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
America’s suburbs, an election battleground, now more diverse, home to lots of working women
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - America's suburbs were key to Donald Trump winning the presidency in 2016, and he and his 2020 Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, are battling for votes there a...
Aug 18, 2020
Lockdown, leftovers and how food frugality is a climate boon
By Christopher Walljasper and Nigel Hunt CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) - Clint Parry ransacked every kitchen cupboard and scoured all corners of his fridge during lockdown in Detroit, hunting for lost ingr...
Aug 18, 2020
Walmart beats profit estimates as online sales hit record on pandemic boost
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc posted its biggest-ever growth in online sales on Tuesday as shoppers placed orders for everything from electronics and toys to groceries from the safety of their homes amid th...
Aug 18, 2020
In the run-up to U.S. election, drilling lobby promotes natural gas as ‘clean’
By Valerie Volcovici, Andrew R.C. Marshall and Matthew Green WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - America's biggest oil and gas lobby group is ramping up its advertising spending ahead of the November electi...
Aug 18, 2020
College football players at a crossroads as U.S. charts path in COVID-19 era
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - As the debate rages over whether U.S. college football should open its season during the coronavirus pandemic, University of West Virginia player K.J. Martin has already mad...
Aug 18, 2020
Gunfire heard at Mali army base as embassy warns of possible mutiny
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Gunfire was heard on Tuesday at an army base outside Mail's capital Bamako as the Norwegian Embassy and a security source said a possible military mutiny was under way. Local reside...
Aug 18, 2020
WHO calls for end to ‘vaccine nationalism’
GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries putting their own interests ahead of others in trying to ensure supplies of a possible coronavirus vaccine are making the pandemic worse, World Health Organization chief T...
Aug 18, 2020
U.S. states seek $26.4 billion from drug firms in opioid litigation: WSJ
(Reuters) - U.S. states are seeking a combined $26.4 billion from three major drug distributors and Johnson & Johnson to settle opioid litigation against the companies, the Wall Street Journal reporte...
Aug 18, 2020
Lebanon tribunal judge: No evidence of involvement by Hezbollah leadership in Hariri’s killing
Leidschendam, NETHERLANDS (Reuters) - There is no evidence that the leadership of the Iran-backed Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah, or the Syrian government, were involved in the 2005 bombing that kille...
Aug 18, 2020
Jill Biden, Bill Clinton headline night No. 2 of Democratic convention
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Democrats will highlight the party's future leaders and turn to a political powerhouse from the past, former President Bill Clinton, to make the case for U.S. presidential can...
Aug 18, 2020
