Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. pharmacies attract new flu shot customers as coronavirus surges
By Caroline Humer NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walmart Inc, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, CVS Health Corp and Rite Aid Corp have told Reuters demand for flu shots at their U.S. pharmacies is up sharply - in s...
Oct 28, 2020
A Chicago dad wanted revenge after his son was shot. An outreach worker talked him down
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO - On a warm evening last spring, Bo Deal got word that a teenager had been shot at a street corner in Chicago's Austin neighborhood. He raced to the scene and quickly pieced...
Oct 28, 2020
Eli Lilly to supply U.S. 300,000 vials of potential COVID-19 drug
(Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co said on Wednesday it signed an agreement with the U.S. government to supply 300,000 vials of its experimental antibody drug to treat COVID-19 for $375 million. The agreeme...
Oct 28, 2020
Best of times, or the worst? A voter’s guide to U.S. GDP
By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider (Reuters) - When accountants at the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis release the latest U.S. gross domestic product report on Thursday, it may be the most fought-...
Oct 28, 2020
New Jersey congressman Van Drew, who ditched Democrats for Trump, battling to keep seat
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said New Jersey congressman Jeff Van Drew had "guts" when he abandoned the Democratic Party to join the Republicans, while an opponent n...
Oct 28, 2020
Spy agency ducks questions about ‘back doors’ in tech products
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency is rebuffing efforts by a leading Congressional critic to determine whether it is continuing to place so-called back doors in...
Oct 28, 2020
Analysis: Biden would face uncertain path to detente with wary Iran
By Parisa Hafezi and Arshad Mohammed DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the "dangerous failure" of President Donald Trump's maximum pressure policy on Iran should he w...
Oct 28, 2020
‘Baffled’ and ‘scared,’ U.S. felons face hurdles after regaining right to vote
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Nine years after completing a prison sentence for a gang-related shooting, Angel Sanchez cast his first ballot in a U.S. presidential election on Saturday, one of a growing num...
Oct 28, 2020
Trump or Biden’s big economic challenge: millions of struggling Americans
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - The winner of the race for the White House will face a generation of low-to-middle income Americans struggling to get back to work because of a health crisis not seen in ...
Oct 28, 2020
Staggering early vote turnout boosts hopes for Biden in Texas
By Joseph Ax and Brad Brooks HOUSTON (Reuters) - Less than a week before Election Day, Joe Biden is tantalizingly close to a prize that has eluded generations of Democratic presidential candidates: Te...
Oct 28, 2020
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