Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Among those under age 65, COVID-19 takes greater toll on nonwhite Americans: CDC
By Vishwadha Chander (Reuters) - Coronavirus deaths among Americans ages 65 and younger are more common among nonwhites than among whites, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rep...
Jul 10, 2020
U.S. slaps French goods with 25% tariff over digital tax, but delays effective date
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Friday said it would slap additional duties of 25% on French imports valued at $1.3 billion in response to France's new digital services tax, but wou...
Jul 10, 2020
‘It just doesn’t feel safe:’ U.S. parents, teachers worry about reopening schools
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - Brenda Del Hierro was not so thrilled with distance learning when her kids were sent home in March to when the novel coronavirus pandemic hit, yet the Los Angeles mom s...
Jul 10, 2020
U.S. Attorney General Barr taps new Brooklyn-based acting U.S. Attorney
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr designated Seth DuCharme as the new acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York on Friday. DuCharme, the curre...
Jul 10, 2020
Amazon.com says it sent the TikTok ban email to employees in error
By Echo Wang (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said it sent an email earlier on Friday that requested employees remove the TikTok app from mobile devices that also had access to company emails in error. A co...
Jul 10, 2020
U.S. judge blocks federal execution over victims’ family coronavirus fears
(Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge issued an injunction on Friday stopping what would have been the first execution of a federal prisoner in 17 years from being carried out on Monday after the victims' ...
Jul 10, 2020
U.S. senators advocate for whistleblowers after fired intelligence officer complains
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Mark Warner , heads of the Senate intelligence committee, voiced their support for whistleblowers on Friday after a former counte...
Jul 10, 2020
Pandemic exposes scientific rift over proving when germs are airborne
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a clash among medical experts over disease transmission that stretches back nearly a century - to the very origins of germ...
Jul 10, 2020
China suspends imports of Ecuador shrimp on coronavirus risk
By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) - China's customs authority said on Friday it was suspending imports from three shrimp producers in Ecuador after detecting the new coronavirus in recent shipment...
Jul 10, 2020
Prosecutors may not get Trump tax records until after election, experts say
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York City prosecutors are very likely to obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns after a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling, but it may not happen before the N...
Jul 10, 2020
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