Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
New York City schools to reopen with in-class, remote learning, mayor says
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday unveiled a plan for reopening the country's largest school system in September with a "blended learning" schedule that would have s...
Jul 08, 2020
Ryder Cup postponed due to coronavirus
(Reuters) - This year's Ryder Cup, which was scheduled to be held in late September in Wisconsin, has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Wednesday. The hotly-contested bie...
Jul 08, 2020
Warren Buffett donates $2.9 billion to Gates Foundation, family charities
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Warren Buffett has donated roughly $2.9 billion of Berkshire Hathaway Inc stock to four family charities and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the latest but not lar...
Jul 08, 2020
Pompeo praises Google, Facebook, Twitter for not surrendering user data to Hong Kong government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday gave kudos to Google, Facebook and Twitter for refusing to surrender user data to the Hong Kong government, and encouraged other...
Jul 08, 2020
Democratic progressive concedes New Jersey congressional primary contest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arati Kreibich, a Democratic progressive challenging U.S. Representative Josh Gottheimer in New Jersey's 5th congressional district primary, conceded the race on Wednesday and p...
Jul 08, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court allows broader religious exemption to birth control coverage
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday endorsed a plan by President Donald Trump's administration to give employers broad religious and moral exemptions from a f...
Jul 08, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court shields religious schools from employment lawsuits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court, siding with Catholic schools in a legal dispute with teachers who said they were unlawfully dismissed, ruled on Wednesday that religious institutions lik...
Jul 08, 2020
White House adviser says another COVID lockdown would be a big mistake
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Another nationwide shutdown to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic would be "a big mistake," White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told CNBC in an interview on Wednesday as...
Jul 08, 2020
Trump says ‘may cut off funding’ if U.S. schools do not open
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, who has been pushing states to open American schools in the fall, on Wednesday threatened to cut off federal funding to those that did not open. "Th...
Jul 08, 2020
Men’s apparel label Brooks Brothers files for bankruptcy
(Reuters) - Men's apparel brand Brooks Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday as stores were shut and business took a hit during government-mandated lockdowns to curb the spread of the ...
Jul 08, 2020
