Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Disney appeal to California: ‘It’s time’ to let Disneyland reopen
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co urged California officials on Tuesday to let the company reopen the Disneyland theme park, which remains shuttered six months after closing down...
Sep 22, 2020
U.S. airlines to make urgent call for new bailout ahead of October 1 job cuts
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Major U.S. airlines plan to make a last-ditch bid to persuade Congress to grant them a new $25 billion bailout to help avert thous...
Sep 22, 2020
Wisconsin sounds alarm after surge in COVID-19 cases as nation surpasses 200,000 deaths
By Maria Caspani and Steve Holland NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers declared a new public health emergency and extended a face coverings mandate into November to fight a flare-up of ...
Sep 22, 2020
Handmaid’s Tale? U.S. Supreme Court candidate’s religious community under scrutiny
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Some have likened People of Praise, a self-described charismatic Christian community, to the totalitarian, male-dominated society of Margaret Atwood's novel "The Handmaid'...
Sep 22, 2020
Trump and Biden set to clash on Supreme Court, five other topics in first debate
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden will spar for 90 minutes over the Supreme Court, the coronavirus, voting integrity and "race and violence in our c...
Sep 22, 2020
Italian referendum, regional vote make early election unlikely
By Angelo Amante and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Italian lawmakers cheered a crushing referendum victory that will cut their numbers - safe in the knowledge that their parliamentary life will probabl...
Sep 22, 2020
Fast Take: U.S. housing boom good for some voters, leaves others in the cold
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - Total U.S. home sales soared in August, but a record crunch in housing supply sent prices surging. That is a fresh reminder that while the housing market is outperforming...
Sep 22, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 199,462 coronavirus deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday reported 6,825,697 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 39,345 cases from its previous count, and said that the...
Sep 22, 2020
Billionaire Bloomberg raises millions to help restore Florida felon voting rights
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has raised over $16 million to help former felons restore their voting rights in the critical battleground state of Florida, a person fami...
Sep 22, 2020
Exclusive: Wells Fargo CEO ruffles feathers with comments about diverse talent
By Imani Moise, Jessica DiNapoli and Ross Kerber (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co Chief Executive Charles Scharf exasperated some Black employees in a Zoom meeting this summer when he reiterated that the ...
Sep 22, 2020
