Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden to attack Trump’s handling of COVID-19 as U.S. cases rise
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Joe Biden will launch a fresh attack on President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, as th...
Jun 30, 2020
Netflix to spend about $100 million to support African-American communities
(Reuters) - Netflix Inc will allocate 2%, or about $100 million, of its cash holdings to financial institutions and organizations that directly support African American communities in the United State...
Jun 30, 2020
White House to brief Democrats on alleged Russian payments to kill U.S. troops
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has been preparing to react if necessary to intelligence that Russia allegedly paid the Taliban to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, President Donald T...
Jun 30, 2020
Special Report: Thousands of U.S. judges who broke laws, oaths remained on the bench
By Michael Berens and John Shiffman MONTGOMERY, Alabama (Reuters) - Judge Les Hayes once sentenced a single mother to 496 days behind bars for failing to pay traffic tickets. The sentence was so stiff...
Jun 30, 2020
Inovio’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows promise in early-stage trial
(Reuters) - Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc on Tuesday reported positive interim data from an early-stage study assessing its potential COVID-19 vaccine wherein patients showed immune response and was deem...
Jun 30, 2020
Virus fears lead futures lower after strong quarterly rebound
By Pawel Goraj (Reuters) - U.S. index futures dipped on the last trading day of the second quarter on Tuesday as coronavirus-related worries and simmering U.S.-China tensions weighed on sentiment at t...
Jun 30, 2020
Where COVID-19 is spreading fastest as U.S. cases rise 46% in past week
By Chris Canipe and Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - The United States saw a 46% increase in new cases of COVID-19 in the week ended June 28 compared to the previous seven days, with 21 states reporting posi...
Jun 30, 2020
Kentucky Democrats to learn party’s pick to take on Republican Mitch McConnell
By Susan Cornwell (Reuters) - Kentucky voters will learn on Tuesday which Democrat will challenge Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in November: Black progressive Charles Booker, or es...
Jun 30, 2020
Exclusive: After pandemic, U.S. senators want review of drug supply chain
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican and Democratic U.S. senators called for a government analysis of foreign influence in the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain on Tuesday, saying the...
Jun 30, 2020
LinkedIn users ditch polite networking for real talk on U.S. race and inequity
By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) - "This is white supremacy. This is institutionalized racism," Aaisha Joseph, an executive assistant in New York City, posted on Microsoft Corp's LinkedIn in ear...
Jun 30, 2020
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