Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. Postal Service watchdog investigating reports of service disruptions: senator
By David Shepardson and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General is investigating reports of service disruptions and other issues raised by lawmakers, a...
Aug 14, 2020
Pop-up COVID-19 testing sites help California farmers keep working
By Norma Galeana THERMAL, Calif. (Reuters) - For farmworkers in California's Coachella Valley, it's brutally simple: no work means no food. But fear of contracting COVID-19 and spreading it amongst th...
Aug 14, 2020
Justice Department opens probe into ex-NASA official, Boeing over space contract: sources
By Joey Roulette and Eric M. Johnson WASHINGTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal probe into whether NASA's former head of human spaceflight gave Boeing Co improper...
Aug 14, 2020
Berkshire reduces Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, Goldman stakes; adds Barrick Gold
(Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Friday it has reduced its investments in some of the largest U.S. banks, lowering its stakes in Wells Fargo & Co and JPMorgan Chase & Co and...
Aug 14, 2020
U.S. judge dismisses NRA lawsuit challenging gun shop closures in New York state
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday dismissed the National Rifle Association's lawsuit challenging New York's decision to close gun stores in the state in the early stag...
Aug 14, 2020
Obama says he worries about Trump’s efforts to ‘kneecap’ Postal Service
DETROIT (Reuters) - Former President Barack Obama said on Friday he worries about protecting the integrity of November's election in view of efforts by President Donald Trump to "kneecap" the U.S. Pos...
Aug 14, 2020
Facebook critiques Apple on its commission system
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Friday that Apple Inc has declined its request to waive off the 30% commission fee it takes from apps listed on iOS devices, publicly critiquing a fellow big tech peer...
Aug 14, 2020
Lawyer who took on Chevron in Ecuador is disbarred in New York
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steven Donziger, the American lawyer who spent more than two decades suing Chevron Corp over pollution in the Ecuadorian rain forest, has been disbarred in New...
Aug 14, 2020
Postal union endorses Biden candidacy as ‘survival’ of USPS at stake
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 300,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers said on Friday that the union's executive council had endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president, w...
Aug 14, 2020
Wall Street Week Ahead: Biden victory? Disputed election? Wall Street prices in November outcomes
By David Randall and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are girding their portfolios for market moves ahead of the U.S. presidential vote, as election season kicks into higher gear with ...
Aug 14, 2020
