Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Fed faces viral wave, mounting risks to recovery
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - In a fast-changing global pandemic, this was not the turn U.S. Federal Reserve officials hoped for in early June, when their forecasts showed guarded optimism for a sha...
Jul 28, 2020
U.S. coronavirus deaths rise by 1,200 for first time since May
(Reuters) - U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus rose by more than 1,200 on Tuesday, the biggest one-day increase since May, according to a Reuters tally. California and Florida, two of the most pop...
Jul 28, 2020
California sets one-day record increase in coronavirus deaths
By Aurora Ellis (Reuters) - California on Tuesday set another grim record in coronavirus deaths, increasing by 171, the largest one-day rise since the pandemic began, according to a Reuters tally of c...
Jul 28, 2020
Federal agents pull out of Seattle, mayor says
(Reuters) - U.S. agents deployed to Seattle to protect federal property have left the city after local officials complained their presence was escalating tensions, Seattle's mayor said on Tuesday. U.S...
Jul 28, 2020
FedEx pilots, union call on company to suspend Hong Kong operations
(Reuters) - The union representing FedEx Corp pilots on Tuesday called on the U.S. package delivery company to suspend its operations in Hong Kong after some of its members were subject to "extremely ...
Jul 28, 2020
Asian stocks under pressure, gold rallies on U.S. stimulus impasse
By Suzanne Barlyn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian equities pulled backed on Wednesday as an impasse in U.S. economic stimulus negotiations pushed global stocks lower and sent investors into safe-haven asse...
Jul 28, 2020
Mackenzie Scott donates $1.7 billion of her wealth since split with Jeff Bezos
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon.com Inc's billionaire Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, has donated $1.7 billion of her wealth in the past year to causes including ...
Jul 28, 2020
Trump on Fauci’s high approval ratings: ‘Nobody likes me’
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump groused on Tuesday about medical expert Anthony Fauci's high approval ratings and joked that "nobody likes me" as he struggles to improve...
Jul 28, 2020
Lawmakers probe White House pressure over schools reopening amid coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday asked the U.S. education secretary and head of a top government health agency for their correspondence with the White House to determine if polit...
Jul 28, 2020
Harvard professor accused of lying about China ties faces U.S. tax charges
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors brought tax charges on Tuesday against a Harvard University professor accused of lying to authorities about his ties to a China-run recruitment prog...
Jul 28, 2020
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