Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Pfizer says analysis shows 3.8% of participants experienced fatigue
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc on Tuesday updated its analysis of the safety profile of its COVID-19 vaccine seen during its large, late-stage trial, saying that 3.8% of participants experienced fati...
Nov 18, 2020
New York settles with NRA over illegal insurance sales, deceiving members
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Rifle Association will pay a $2.5 million civil fine and agreed to a five-year ban from doing insurance business in New York to resolve charges by a state regulator. ...
Nov 18, 2020
Judge to review U.S. request to drop drug case against former Mexican defense minister
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge was expected on Wednesday to grant a U.S. government request to drop drug corruption charges against former Mexican Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, to...
Nov 18, 2020
U.S. housing starts beat expectations in October
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilding increased more than expected in October, suggesting the housing market continues to be sustained by historically low mortgage rates even as the economic recove...
Nov 18, 2020
Stock futures rise on vaccine bets; Boeing jumps
By Sruthi Shankar and Shivani Kumaresan (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday as fresh signs of a COVID-19 vaccine fueled bets of faster economic revival next year, while Boeing surge...
Nov 18, 2020
FAA chief ‘100% confident’ of 737 MAX safety as flights to resume
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson is "100% confident" in the safety of the Boeing 737 MAX but says the airplane maker has more t...
Nov 18, 2020
Italian study suggesting COVID predates China outbreak sparks scepticism
By Giselda Vagnoni and Emilio Parodi ROME (Reuters) - An Italian study supporting the case that the novel coronavirus was circulating outside China earlier than thought has sparked doubts among some W...
Nov 18, 2020
Exclusive: Tigrayan peacekeepers in Somalia disarmed by Ethiopian colleagues, sources say
By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopian peacekeepers in Somalia have disarmed between 200 and 300 of their ethnic Tigrayan colleagues over the past week as conflict rages in the northern Et...
Nov 18, 2020
Pfizer ends COVID-19 trial with 95% efficacy, to seek emergency-use authorization
By Michael Erman (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday that final results from the late-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine show it was 95% effective, adding it had the required two-months of safet...
Nov 18, 2020
Target sales soar as same-day delivery powers online demand
(Reuters) - Target Corp blew past Wall Street expectations for quarterly same-store sales on Wednesday as more Americans used the big-box retailer's quick delivery services to buy everything from elec...
Nov 18, 2020
