Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Herman Cain, former Republican presidential candidate, dies after COVID-19 diagnosis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Herman Cain, a 2012 Republican presidential candidate, has died after contracting COVID-19, according to a statement on his website and Facebook page. Cain was diagnosed with th...
Jul 30, 2020
Headache for OPEC as oil market structure signals return of glut
By Shu Zhang, Florence Tan and Dmitry Zhdannikov SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) - Rising OPEC and U.S. oil supply, coupled with stalled economic and crude demand recovery, have pushed the futures market s...
Jul 30, 2020
Civil rights icon John Lewis to be eulogized by Obama at funeral
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The life and legacy of longtime U.S. Representative John Lewis will be honored by three former presidents at his funeral on Thursday in Atlanta, capping a week of services and trib...
Jul 30, 2020
Florida reports record increase in COVID-19 deaths for third day in a row
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - Florida reported a record increase in new COVID-19 deaths for a third day in a row on Thursday, with 252 fatalities in the last 24 hours, according to the state health dep...
Jul 30, 2020
Trump, after Portland deal, says feds won’t leave ‘until there is safety’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday said the governor of Oregon was not doing enough to reign in protesters in Portland and that U.S. agents would not leave the city "until there...
Jul 30, 2020
Senate nomination hearing for controversial Pentagon pick abruptly canceled
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate nomination hearing for U.S. President Donald Trump's most divisive nominee for a senior Pentagon post set for Thursday has been canceled, a committee website said. Th...
Jul 30, 2020
AstraZeneca to be exempt from coronavirus vaccine liability claims in most countries
By Ludwig Burger and Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has been granted protection from future product liability claims related to its COVID-19 vaccine hopeful by most of the countries with whi...
Jul 30, 2020
Surveillance scheme hunts for COVID traces in Israel’s sewers
ASHKELON, Israel (Reuters) - Sewer surveillance in Israel's coastal city of Ashkelon has pinpointed unknown outbreaks of COVID-19 by identifying traces of the virus in the sewage system. The project, ...
Jul 30, 2020
Trump raises possibility of delaying November U.S. presidential election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the possibility of delaying the nation's November presidential election despite its date being enshrined in the U.S. Constitution....
Jul 30, 2020
Birx says COVID-19 shifting to U.S. Midwest, South shows signs of hope
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coronavirus outbreak in the United States appears to be shifting to the Midwest as the surge in the South shows signs of abating, White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordina...
Jul 30, 2020
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