Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
New York’s ‘Santacon’ bar crawl canceled by COVID-19
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Santacon, an annual bar crawl in which thousands of young people dressed in Santa Claus costumes roam - or stagger - through the streets of Manhattan, has been canceled this year ...
Nov 27, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 262,673 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 12,823,092 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 324,358 cases from its previous count, and said the number ...
Nov 27, 2020
U.S. appeals court rejects Trump campaign’s Pennsylvania election case
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a request by U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign to block President-elect Joe Biden from being declared the winner of the battlegr...
Nov 27, 2020
Trump administration moves to weaken migratory bird protections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration took a step on Friday toward rolling back protections for migratory birds and reducing penalties for companies that inadvertently kill them, the latest ...
Nov 27, 2020
U.S. hospitalized COVID-19 patient number hits record 90,000 ahead of expected case surge
By Gabriella Borter NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of COVID-19 patients being treated in hospitals across the United States reached 90,000 on Friday after nearly doubling in the last month, just as h...
Nov 27, 2020
Explainer-Will COVID-19 vaccines protect us? Does efficacy equal effectiveness?
By Kate Kelland (Reuters) - The frontrunners in the COVID-19 vaccine race have emerged with different success rates for their shots in clinical trials, but what does that mean for the global fight aga...
Nov 27, 2020
Take Five: Dark December
1/MORE PITFALLS It has been a year many would prefer to forget and a month of 2020 still remains -- one replete with events that could trip up markets. Here they are: Dec. 1: A month before the UK-EU ...
Nov 27, 2020
Iranian nuclear scientist Fakhrizadeh dies in hospital after attack – state media
(Reuters) - Prominent Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh died in hospital on Friday of injuries suffered in an armed attack, Iranian state media reported. "Unfortunately, the medical team di...
Nov 27, 2020
Prominent Iranian nuclear scientist Fakhrizadeh injured in attack – Fars news agency
DUBAI (Reuters) - Prominent Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was injured in an attack outside the capital Tehran on Friday and was being treated in a hospital, the semi-official Fars news ...
Nov 27, 2020
Futures edge higher after Thanksgiving holiday
By Shivani Kumaresan (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Friday as optimism around an economic rebound next year outweighed concerns around an expected surge in coronavirus infections...
Nov 27, 2020
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