Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Fed projections show it sees smaller economic hit in 2020 than previously expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve signaled on Wednesday it expects the U.S. economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis to accelerate with unemployment falling faster than the central bank ...
Sep 16, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 195,053 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 6,571,867 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 34,240 cases from its previous count, and said the nu...
Sep 16, 2020
Spotify falls after Apple launches new services bundle
(Reuters) - Shares of Spotify Technology SA fell as much as 7% on Wednesday, after Apple Inc announced a bundled plan for all its services that lowered the cost of Apple Music subscriptions. The Swedi...
Sep 16, 2020
Trump urges Republicans to go for ‘higher numbers’ on coronavirus relief
By Susan Cornwell and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Trump urged his fellow Republicans Wednesday to go for "much higher numbers" in a coronavirus aid bill, as a stalemate continued in ...
Sep 16, 2020
New York man arrested after apartment fire; explosive materials found
(Reuters) - A New York City man was arrested early on Wednesday after he was injured in a fire at his apartment, where authorities later found chemicals that could be used to make bombs and instructio...
Sep 16, 2020
AstraZeneca’s trial illnesses may not be due to COVID-19 shot: Oxford Univ
(Reuters) - The adverse events that led to a pause in trials evaluating AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine candidate may not have been associated with the vaccine itself, according to a document outli...
Sep 16, 2020
Virtual schooling dents retail sales, Trump economic message
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - Slower-than-expected sales at retailers in August suggest a speed bump is emerging in the U.S. economic recovery from coronavirus lockdowns, less than two months before the N...
Sep 16, 2020
U.S. could have capacity of 3 million COVID-19 tests per day, HHS official says
(Reuters) - The United States could have a capacity of 3 million coronavirus tests per day this month, and scale as high as 135 million tests a month by October, a top health official told a U.S. Cong...
Sep 16, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court extends pandemic-related restrictions
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court will remain closed to the public and will conduct its October oral arguments by teleconference as it extended its coronavirus-related r...
Sep 16, 2020
Russia accuses U.S. of promoting revolution in Belarus
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday accused Washington of trying to foment a revolution in Belarus, where it sent its defence minister for talks on military ties, in a sign that Mo...
Sep 16, 2020
