Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Storm Eta floods parts of South Florida as it churns over Gulf of Mexico
(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Eta unleashed torrential rain on South Florida on Monday after making landfall in the Keys, flooding roads and residential neighborhoods and knocking out power for thousands...
Nov 09, 2020
New U.S. COVID-19 cases up 34% last week, set fresh records
(Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic raged across the United States last week, as the country elected a new president, with the daily number of new infections hitting record highs for four straight da...
Nov 09, 2020
Biden says vaccine approval process must be guided by science
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden on Monday said a coronavirus vaccine approval process must be guided by science so the public can have confidence it is safe and effective, warni...
Nov 09, 2020
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear Obamacare challenge
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear arguments in a bid by Republican-governed states backed by President Donald Trump's administration to strike ...
Nov 09, 2020
U.S. housing secretary Carson tests positive for COVID-19: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Housing Secretary Ben Carson tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, an ABC reporter said on Twitter, becoming the latest victim of a second outbreak affecting the White Ho...
Nov 09, 2020
New York governor expects coronavirus rates to continue rising into winter
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday that he expected the rate of positive tests for the novel coronavirus to continue rising in the state into winter. Both the state and...
Nov 09, 2020
Zoom to enhance security as part of proposed U.S. settlement: FTC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc must implement a new information security program as part of its proposed settlement with U.S. regulators over user privacy issues, the Federal Tra...
Nov 09, 2020
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine over 90% effective: health ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 is more than 90% effective, a representative of the health ministry said on Monday, citing data collated from vaccinations of the public ...
Nov 09, 2020
Novavax’s experimental coronavirus vaccine gets FDA’s ‘fast-track’ status
(Reuters) - Novavax Inc said on Monday its experimental coronavirus vaccine had gained the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "fast-track" status. The U.S. drug developer, which is testing the drug i...
Nov 09, 2020
Guatemala Mayan villagers tell of harrowing escape from deadly landslide
By Sofia Menchu CHICUZ, Guatemala (Reuters) - Matilde Ical Chen was toasting tortillas over a wood fire for the midday meal when the landslide ripped through the Guatemalan Mayan indigenous village of...
Nov 09, 2020
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