Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
In struggle to land a blow on Biden, Trump toys with nickname change
By Steve Holland BEDMINSTER, N.J. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, who has used belittling nicknames to describe his opponents throughout his political career, toyed with a name change on Frid...
Aug 14, 2020
Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park shuts down ahead of anticipated militia rally
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - With internet rumors of a looming conflict between an anti-government militia, white supremacist rally-goers and counter-protesters, Georgia state officials said Ston...
Aug 14, 2020
Trump orders ByteDance to divest interest in U.S. TikTok operations within 90 days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the Chinese company ByteDance to divest its interest in video-sharing app TikTok's operations in the United States within 90 days. ...
Aug 14, 2020
Exclusive: UPS, FedEx warn they cannot carry ballots like U.S. Postal Service
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - United Parcel Service and FedEx on Friday shot down social media calls that they step in to deliver mail-in ballots from the U.S. Postal Service, which is war...
Aug 14, 2020
Southern California wildfire threatens thousands of homes
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - Firefighters scrambled to protect thousands of homes from a wildfire racing through brush-covered mountains north of Los Angeles on Friday that caused hundreds of evacuations...
Aug 14, 2020
California encouraged by trends even as it passes 600,000 coronavirus cases, most in U.S.
By Bill Tarrant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California became the first U.S. state to surpass 600,000 cases of COVID-19 on Friday and the Midwest saw several record one-day rises as some states struggled ...
Aug 14, 2020
U.N. Security Council rejects U.S. bid to extend Iran arms embargo: Pompeo
(Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Friday rejected a U.S. bid to extend an arms embargo on Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement. The Security Council "rejected...
Aug 14, 2020
‘Canary in the coal mine’: Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds
By Cassandra Garrison (Reuters) - Greenland's ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with the ice likely to melt away no matter how quickly the world reduces climate-warming emissions, ne...
Aug 14, 2020
Israel-UAE deal could open up U.S. weapons sales to Gulf kingdom, experts say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates could pave the way for more U.S. weapons sales to the Gulf Arab country, according to experts. Israel...
Aug 14, 2020
California posts final regulations under landmark digital privacy law impacting consumers, businesses
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Final regulations that guide businesses and consumers under California's new digital privacy law went into effect on Friday, marking a significant step towards g...
Aug 14, 2020
