Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump to hold campaign rally indoors despite coronavirus concerns
By Jeff Mason LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally indoors on Sunday despite public health professionals' warnings against large indoor gatherings during the coronav...
Sep 13, 2020
‘There are just no words’: Oregon family returns home to find pile of ash
By Adrees Latif and Gabriella Borter TALENT, Ore. (Reuters) - Tracy Koa, a high school teacher in Oregon, was in her classroom last Tuesday preparing for the first day of school - which would be onlin...
Sep 13, 2020
Ageing and empty: Japan next premier’s hometown highlights challenges ahead
By Elaine Lies, Kiyoshi Takenaka and Chris Gallagher YUZAWA, Japan (Reuters) - It's noon on a warm day in the Japanese town where Yoshihide Suga, Japan's next prime minister, grew up, but more than ha...
Sep 13, 2020
Japan’s Suga poised to win party race, headed for premiership
By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a longtime loyal aide of outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was poised to win a ruling party leadership election on Mo...
Sep 13, 2020
U.S. Open offers glimpse of tennis’ future in pandemic era
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Open finishes on Sunday having largely pulled off what was once seen as impossible: hosting an international sports mega-event amid the COVID-19 outbreak. ...
Sep 13, 2020
Gilead to buy Immunomedics in a $21 billion deal
(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc will acquire biopharmaceutical company Immunomedics Inc for $21 billion in a deal that would further expand Gilead's portfolio of cancer treatments, the companies said ...
Sep 13, 2020
Trump says he has signed new executive order to lower drug prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had signed a new executive order aimed at lowering drug prices in the United States by linking them to those of other nations. "My ...
Sep 13, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 193,195 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 6,467,481 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 40,423 cases from its previous count, and said the numbe...
Sep 13, 2020
NFL: Players protest across the league in empty stadiums
(Reuters) - National Football League players staged pre-game protests taking a knee during the playing of the U.S. national anthem on Sunday in mostly empty stadiums, avoiding the embarrassment of fan...
Sep 13, 2020
Embattled SoftBank renews talks on taking the group private, FT reports
(Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp executives are considering taking the Japanese technology group private as the company seeks a new strategy after disposing of several large assets, the Financial Times...
Sep 13, 2020
