Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Asian markets set for mixed trade amid U.S. stimulus wrangling
By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON (Reuters) - Asian stocks were set for choppy trade on Wednesday after Wall Street dipped amid growing uncertainty about an additional round of U.S. fiscal stimulus. New Z...
Aug 11, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. ban on TikTok could cut it off from app stores, advertisers – White House document
By Karen Freifeld and Alexandra Alper NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's executive order banning China's TikTok could prevent U.S. app stores from offering the popular short-vide...
Aug 11, 2020
Minneapolis police bodycam videos show struggle before Floyd death
(Reuters) - Minneapolis police body-camera videos of George Floyd's fatal arrest showed him begging for an officer to remove a knee from his neck in the moments before his death. A Minnesota judge on ...
Aug 11, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro calls surging Amazon fires a ‘lie’
By Jake Spring and Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a "lie," despite...
Aug 11, 2020
Hospitals, expats blast Trump plan to block U.S. citizens over coronavirus
By Kristina Cooke and Laura Gottesdiener LOS ANGELES/MONTERREY (Reuters) - A Southern California-area hospital system, immigrant advocacy groups and Americans living in Mexico criticized on Tuesday a ...
Aug 11, 2020
NAACP launches drive to boost Black voter turnout in six key states
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The NAACP, the largest U.S. civil rights organization, is launching a drive ahead of November's presidential election to boost Black voter turnout in six key sta...
Aug 11, 2020
Trump says U.S. inks agreement with Moderna for 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine candidate
(Reuters) - The United States has penned an agreement with drugmaker Moderna Inc to acquire 100 million doses of its potential COVID-19 vaccine, U.S. president Donald Trump said in a press conference....
Aug 11, 2020
In Georgia and Wisconsin, smoother elections this time – with a few glitches
By John Whitesides (Reuters) - After messy primaries marred by long lines and chaos earlier this year, Wisconsin and Georgia held another round of elections on Tuesday with fewer reported problems - b...
Aug 11, 2020
Deadline extended for U.S. farmers seeking federal aid from COVID-19 damage
By Christopher Walljasper CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. farmers impacted by the economic shutdown as the coronavirus hammered the global economy have more time to apply for aid from the federal government....
Aug 11, 2020
Family of Colorado Black man who died after police encounter sues city, police
By Keith Coffman and Gabriella Borter DENVER (Reuters) - The family of a 23-year-old Black man who died after a violent encounter with Aurora, Colorado, police officers filed a civil rights lawsuit ag...
Aug 11, 2020
