Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
J.C. Penney rescue deal approved in bankruptcy court
By Maria Chutchian (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday approved a deal to rescue J.C. Penney Co Inc from bankruptcy proceedings precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic, averting a liquidation that wou...
Nov 09, 2020
U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations surge to record of almost 59,000 patients: Reuters tally
By Anurag Maan (Reuters) - There were almost 59,000 COVID-19 patients in hospitals across the United States on Monday, the country's highest number ever of in-patients being treated for the disease. T...
Nov 09, 2020
Afghan woman shot, blinded, for getting a job
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - The last thing 33-year-old Khatera saw were the three men on a motorcycle who attacked her just after she left her job at a police station in Afghanistan's cent...
Nov 09, 2020
Disneyland furloughs more workers, citing ‘limbo’ on reopening
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co said on Monday it was furloughing additional workers from its Disneyland theme park in Southern California, because it still does not know when the state will al...
Nov 09, 2020
Asian stocks rally as investors applaud vaccine development
By Scott Murdoch and Lawrence Delevingne HONG KONG/BOSTON (Reuters) - Asian share markets mostly shot higher on Tuesday driven by regional airline, tourism and travel stocks as global investors applau...
Nov 09, 2020
Vans owner VF Corp to buy streetwear brand Supreme for about $2.1 billion
By Aishwarya Venugopal and Melissa Fares (Reuters) - VF Corp said on Monday it would pay $2.1 billion to buy streetwear apparel company Supreme, adding another popular brand to the Vans shoe maker's r...
Nov 09, 2020
Russia deploys troops to Nagorno-Karabakh after ceasefire deal announced
By Nvard Hovhannisyan and Nailia Bagirova YEREVAN/BAKU (Reuters) - Russian peacekeeping troops deployed to the war-ravaged enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in the early hours of Tuesday as part of a ceasef...
Nov 09, 2020
Barr tells prosecutors to probe allegations of election irregularities
By Sarah N. Lynch and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr told federal prosecutors on Monday to look into "substantial" allegations of voting irregularities but urged t...
Nov 09, 2020
Biden camp calls for GSA to recognize victory so U.S. presidential transition can begin
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - An official in U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's transition team said on Monday said the General Services Administration (GSA) must recognize Biden's election victory o...
Nov 09, 2020
Brazil suspends trials of China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine due to ‘adverse effect’
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's health regulator Anvisa said on Monday it had suspended clinical trials for China's Sinovac coronavirus vaccine, due to a "severe adverse effect" that took place on...
Nov 09, 2020
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