Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Stacey Abrams says U.S. is fumbling coronavirus response through ‘willful ignorance’
(Reuters) - Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams said on Tuesday the United States has fumbled its response to the coronavirus outbreak through "willful ignorance," threatening the economy and raising...
Aug 04, 2020
Reuters Graphic: In a flash, a changed world – Remembering Hiroshima
(Reuters) - The atomic bomb the United States dropped on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945 killed tens of thousands and flattened the Japanese city in an instant. "Little Boy," as it was known, was the endpoi...
Aug 04, 2020
Farley to suceed Hackett as Ford CEO and president
(Reuters) - Jim Farley will succeed Jim Hackett as Ford Motor Co CEO and president on Oct. 1, the company said on Tuesday. Hackett, 65, who replaced Mark Fields as CEO in May 2017, is retiring and wil...
Aug 04, 2020
Trump says coronavirus under control, ‘It is what it is’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said the coronavirus outbreak is as under control as it can get in the United States, where at least 155,000 people have died amid a patchy response to th...
Aug 04, 2020
Isaias barrels across Virginia on way to U.S. Northeast
(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Isaias unleashed heavy rain and strong wind across southeastern Virginia on Tuesday, threatening tornadoeson its way north toward major cities of the U.S. Northeast, the Nat...
Aug 04, 2020
Trump snubs civil right icon Lewis, cites absence at 2017 inauguration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's personal grievances aired anew this week as he dismissed the legacy of the late U.S. Representative John Lewis after snubbing the civil rights icon and ...
Aug 04, 2020
Europe air safety regulator gives no firm date for 737 MAX to fly again
PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's air safety watchdog has no firm date for Boeing's grounded 737 MAX to resume flights, it said on Tuesday, adding that the U.S. planemaker had some more work to do before a 1...
Aug 04, 2020
Storm Isaias likely to become post-tropical by early Wednesday – U.S. NHC
(Reuters) - Tropical storm Isaias is forecast to begin weakening by Tuesday night and become post-tropical by early Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm is about 15 miles (20 ...
Aug 04, 2020
Abiomed heart pump gets second FDA emergency use nod for COVID-19 patients
(Reuters) - Medical device maker Abiomed Inc said on Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted its left-sided heart pumps emergency use authorization to help patients suffering from COVID-...
Aug 04, 2020
Special Report: Local governments ‘overwhelmed’ in race to trace U.S. COVID contacts
By Benjamin Lesser, Dan Levine, Jaimi Dowdell and Andrea Januta (Reuters) - The soaring number of COVID-19 cases in the United States has far outstripped many local health departments' ability to trac...
Aug 04, 2020
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