Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. women lend support to female business start-ups in equality push
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. women's national soccer side are using their experience as female entrepreneurs to lend their support to businesses selling everything from ...
Jul 17, 2020
Infectious disease specialists ask U.S. govt to ensure remdesivir supply
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - U.S. infectious disease specialists this week asked the federal government to "use every authority it has" to ensure adequate supplies of the antiviral drug remdesivir as ...
Jul 17, 2020
California’s Oakland settles ‘Ghost Ship’ fire claims for $32.7 million
By Peter Szekely (Reuters) - The City of Oakland, California, has agreed to pay $32.7 million to settle claims stemming from a 2016 fire that killed 36 people and severely injured another when it engu...
Jul 17, 2020
Trump expected to exclude migrants from U.S. census
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is expected to soon issue an executive order that would ban undocumented immigrants from being included in the 2020 census count of every person living in...
Jul 17, 2020
Biden says more money, planning is needed to reopen U.S. schools
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden's presidential campaign on Friday hammered President Donald Trump's approach to reopening schools during a pandemic, and suggested $34 billion in add...
Jul 17, 2020
Evictions nearly back to pre-pandemic levels in some U.S. areas: Cleveland Fed study
(Reuters) - Landlords in some areas of the United States are filing to evict rent-delinquent tenants at roughly the same rate they were before the coronavirus pandemic as eviction bans across the coun...
Jul 17, 2020
U.S. travel industry seeks government assistance, new tax breaks to spur trips
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coronavirus-hit U.S. travel industry on Friday asked Congress for $10 billion in federal grants to promote safe practices, new liability protections and tax credits for trav...
Jul 17, 2020
U.S. Treasury chief sees ‘significant amount’ for schools in next coronavirus aid bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday that he expects the next coronavirus aid bill to provide a "significant amount of money" to help U.S. K-12 schools to reope...
Jul 17, 2020
SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts slated for August 2 return
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The NASA astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station in SpaceX's first crewed flight in May are expected to return to Earth on Aug. 2 after spend...
Jul 17, 2020
U.S. Treasury seeks dealer input on possible Treasury auction tweaks
(Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury has asked primary dealers for their input on whether it should make technical adjustments to its Treasury note and bond auction schedules in light of the massive run up i...
Jul 17, 2020
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