Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Nvidia eclipses Intel as most valuable U.S. chipmaker
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - Nvidia has overtaken Intel for the first time as the most valuable U.S. chipmaker. In a semiconductor industry milestone, Nvidia's shares rose 2.3% in afternoon trading o...
Jul 08, 2020
Facebook suspends disinformation network tied to employees of Brazil’s Bolsonaro
By Jack Stubbs and Joseph Menn (Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Wednesday suspended a network of social media accounts it said were used to spread divisive political messages online by employees of Brazili...
Jul 08, 2020
Facebook takes down accounts and pages of Trump ally Roger Stone
By Joseph Menn and Jack Stubbs (Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Wednesday removed 50 personal and professional pages connected to U.S. President Donald Trump's longtime adviser Roger Stone, who is due to r...
Jul 08, 2020
Gilead begins testing inhalable form of remdisivir for COVID-19
(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc said on Wednesday it has started an early-stage study of its antiviral COVID-19 treatment remdesivir that can be inhaled, for use outside of hospitals. The company said...
Jul 08, 2020
Explainer: What 1.1 million foreign students contribute to the U.S. economy
(Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Monday that foreign university students will have to leave the country if their classes are all taught online - clouding the future of tens of thousands of...
Jul 08, 2020
U.S. Farm Bureau chief tests positive for coronavirus, declines White House invitation, spokeswoman says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall has tested positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, and has declined an invitation to attend a dinner...
Jul 08, 2020
Explainer: Why is the new U.S. policy for international students causing backlash from colleges?
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The administration of President Donald Trump issued new rules this week that could force tens of thousands of international students to leave the United States if ...
Jul 08, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 2,982,900 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 2,982,900 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 50,304 cases from its previous count, and said that the n...
Jul 08, 2020
New York tattoo parlors reopen, COVID-19 face masks required
By Aleksandra Halina Michalska NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's legal once again to get a tattoo in New York just about anywhere on your body - except under the face mask still required as the city reopens a...
Jul 08, 2020
Russian firm gets approval for drug said to block coronavirus replication
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has approved a new antiviral drug, Coronavir, to treat COVID-19 patients, its developer R-Pharm said on Wednesday, as Russia's tally of infections hit 700,000. It said a clin...
Jul 08, 2020
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