Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Georgia judge to hear arguments over governor’s bid to stop Atlanta mask mandate
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia judge is scheduled Tuesday to hear arguments in an emergency motion brought by Governor Brian Kemp to stop the city of Atlanta from enforcing a mandate that...
Jul 21, 2020
Top U.S. Senate Democrat calls for details on Republican coronavirus bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday called on Republicans to present a detailed plan for the next round of coronavirus legislation in Congress, when lawmakers...
Jul 21, 2020
People are more likely to contract COVID-19 at home, study finds
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean epidemiologists have found that people were more likely to contract the new coronavirus from members of their own households than from contacts outside the...
Jul 21, 2020
Pentagon chief looking to visit China this year amid tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday he hoped to visit China by the end of the year to discuss areas of mutual interest, even as he condemned Chinese maritime activ...
Jul 21, 2020
Coca-Cola revenue falls about 29% as lockdowns crimp soda sales
(Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co reported a 28.5% drop in quarterly revenue on Tuesday as sales of its trademark sodas were battered by the closure of restaurants, theaters, and sporting venues due to the COV...
Jul 21, 2020
Graphic: U.S. COVID-19 deaths rise for second week in a row
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - U.S. deaths from COVID-19 rose for a second week in a row to more than 5,200 people in the week ended July 19, up 5% from the previous seven days, a Reuters analysis found...
Jul 21, 2020
Strip-club stimulus reveals lingering uncertainties over U.S. small-business aid
By M.B. Pell and Chris Prentice PHILADELPHIA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Backlights off, music quiet and poles bare, strip clubs across the United States closed earlier this year in the face of COVID-19 so...
Jul 21, 2020
Minneapolis judge to hear gag order appeal in Floyd case
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A Minneapolis judge will hold a hearing on Tuesday to consider a request from media outlets and defense lawyers to relax a gag order in the case against four officers ac...
Jul 21, 2020
Kanye West posts series of rambling late night tweets
(Reuters) - Rapper Kanye West posted a series of tweets late on Monday claiming his wife was trying to have him locked up on medical grounds, comparing himself to Nelson Mandela and suggesting the mov...
Jul 21, 2020
Futures climb on IBM earnings report, stimulus hopes
By Medha Singh and Devik Jain (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday after a better-than-expected quarterly profit from IBM and on hopes for more domestic stimulus to prop up an economy ...
Jul 21, 2020
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