Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Kanye West’s clothing brand, Hollywood production companies on pandemic loan list
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ventures backed by big-name entertainers Kanye West and Francis Ford Coppola were among those approved for loans under a U.S. government program to help busine...
Jul 06, 2020
Dozens of expensive private schools received millions in U.S. pandemic loans
By Michelle Conlin and M.B. Pell NEW YORK (Reuters) - At least six dozen expensive private schools, including one where former President Barack Obama's children studied, got between $42 million and $1...
Jul 06, 2020
Atlanta mayor says she tests positive for COVID-19
(Reuters) - Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said on Monday that she has tested positive for COVID-19, but has not shown symptoms of the virus. She gave no information about her diagnosis, whether s...
Jul 06, 2020
NFL: Trump slams Washington Redskins as team re-evaluates name
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump criticized the Washington Redskins for reviewing their team name on Monday, as top retailers continued to pull the NFL franchise's merch...
Jul 06, 2020
Republican Senator Grassley to skip party’s convention due to virus concerns
By Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley will skip President Donald Trump's presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention in August due to coronavirus concer...
Jul 06, 2020
Small-government advocates, lobbyists tap $660 billion U.S. pandemic-aid fund
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Congress signed off on trillions of dollars in coronavirus aid, the small-government group Citizens Against Government Waste urged lawmakers to oppose bailou...
Jul 06, 2020
Hospitalizations jump 50% in California as coronavirus infections soar
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - New coronavirus cases soared in California over the July Fourth weekend, stressing some hospital systems and leading to the temporary closure of the ...
Jul 06, 2020
U.S. to force out foreign students taking classes fully online
By Mimi Dwyer NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foreign students must leave the United States if their school's classes this fall will be taught completely online or transfer to another school with in-person instr...
Jul 06, 2020
Rash of shootings in New York blamed on pandemic, bail reform
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - New York police officials on Monday blamed the COVID-19 pandemic, animosity toward law enforcement and bail reform for the rash of deadly shootings in the nation's most ...
Jul 06, 2020
Where COVID-19 is spreading fastest as U.S. cases rise 27% in past week
By Chris Canipe and Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - The United States saw a 27% increase in new cases of COVID-19 in the week ended July 5 compared to the previous seven days, with 24 states reporting posit...
Jul 06, 2020
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