Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Futures muted after Nike’s surprise loss, Fed’s pandemic analysis
By Medha Singh and Devik Jain (Reuters) - Futures tracking the S&P 500 were largely flat on Friday as investors digested a surprise quarterly loss for Nike and the Federal Reserve's move to limit shar...
Jun 26, 2020
U.S. lawmakers move to fight Treasury bid to curtail pandemic watchdog
By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A clutch of powerful U.S. Senators is pushing back against a bid by the Trump administration's Treasury Department to weaken a watchdog panel involved with ove...
Jun 26, 2020
Special Report: As world approaches 10 million coronavirus cases, doctors see hope in new treatments, lessons learned
By Nick Brown, Deena Beasley, Gabriela Mello and Alexander Cornwell (Reuters) - Dr. Gopi Patel recalls how powerless she felt when New York's Mount Sinai Hospital overflowed with COVID-19 patients in ...
Jun 26, 2020
Pandemic aid watchdog steps into partisan war over bailouts
By Lawrence Delevingne, Chris Prentice and Koh Gui Qing (Reuters) - Brian Miller would have one of the toughest jobs in Washington even without the cutthroat politics all around him. As America's insp...
Jun 26, 2020
Amid pandemic, SE Asian nations warn of ‘alarming’ South China Sea incidents
By James Pearson HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam and the Philippines warned of growing insecurity in Southeast Asia at a regional summit on Friday amid concerns that China was stepping up its activity in th...
Jun 26, 2020
U.S. and states’ Google antitrust probe nears finish line
By Diane Bartz and Paresh Dave WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is seeking the final documents to complete an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Inc's Google , said three sources fa...
Jun 26, 2020
U.S. movie theaters prepare to switch the lights back on, but hurdles remain
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When the 60-person Arena Cinelounge in Los Angeles opens again for the first time in months, more than a dozen seats will be filled by cardboard cutouts of Jam...
Jun 26, 2020
Young Americans turn out to protest. Democrats hope they will vote, too
By Michael Martina and John Whitesides (Reuters) - Quintez Brown took to the streets in Kentucky to join many Americans in protesting against racial injustice after the death of George Floyd, a Black ...
Jun 26, 2020
Scientists just beginning to understand the many health problems caused by COVID-19
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists are only starting to grasp the vast array of health problems caused by the novel coronavirus, some of which may have lingering effects on patients a...
Jun 26, 2020
U.S. House on verge of approving Washington, D.C., statehood
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four decades after launching its drive for U.S. statehood, Washington, D.C. was poised to take a step toward becoming the 51st state as the House of Representati...
Jun 26, 2020
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