Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
FDA approves expanded emergency use of remdesivir in moderate COVID-19 patients
(Reuters) - Gilead Inc said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized expanded emergency use for its experimental antiviral COVID-19 treatment, remdesivir. The drug can now be use...
Aug 28, 2020
Top U.S. general foresees no military role in resolving disputed election
By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. general told lawmakers that he did not foresee the military playing a role in the election process or resolving disputes that may come during the Nove...
Aug 28, 2020
Volunteers are new face of disaster recovery in United States
By Laura Sanicola and Ernest Scheyder STARKS, La. (Reuters) - Travis Maher, a 46-year-old Texas firefighter, knew the drill on Monday when he was told to prepare for possible waterborne rescues and as...
Aug 28, 2020
U.S. executes fifth federal prisoner after 17-year pause
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government executed Keith Nelson, a convicted child murderer, on Friday afternoon in its fifth execution since it resumed capital punishment this summer after a 17-year h...
Aug 28, 2020
Exclusive: Most U.S. states reject Trump administration’s new COVID-19 testing guidance
By Carl O'Donnell, Vishwadha Chander and Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) - A majority of U.S. states have rejected new Trump administration COVID-19 testing guidance in an extraordinary rebuke of the nat...
Aug 28, 2020
Party’s over for two TikTok stars charged in Los Angeles for pandemic parties
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two TikTok stars were charged on Friday for throwing parties in Los Angeles that flouted coronavirus restrictions on large gatherings. Bryce Hall, 21, and Blake Gray, 19, were ...
Aug 28, 2020
U.S. warns Bannon co-defendant against social media posts that could threaten trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday said a co-defendant of Steve Bannon, an architect of Donald Trump's 2016 election, should not make social media posts that could undermine a fair tri...
Aug 28, 2020
COVID-19 reinfection detected in U.S. patient; saliva tests endorsed
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Aug 28, 2020
Mother Nature on steroids: Early signs point to devastating California fire season
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - California may experience its worst year for wildfires in decades, climate experts say, pointing out that it has already battled two of the three largest blazes in its record...
Aug 28, 2020
More than 20 states sue over Trump changes to key environmental law
(Reuters) - More than 20 states sued the Trump administration on Friday over its plan to curtail environmental regulations in permitting infrastructure projects that can take years to complete and hav...
Aug 28, 2020
