Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Uber launches hourly ride booking option in some U.S. cities
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc on Friday said it would offer rides by the hour in some U.S. cities, a feature aimed at helping Americans with essential trips during the coronavirus p...
May 29, 2020
U.S. consumer spending tumble in April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending dropped by a record in April as the COVID-19 pandemic undercut demand, buttressing expectations that the economy could contract in the second quarter at i...
May 29, 2020
Foreign powers in Libya risk ever bloodier stalemate
By Angus McDowall, Orhan Coskun and Ulf Laessing TUNIS/ANKARA/CAIRO (Reuters) - As Turkish drones helped drive eastern Libyan forces back from Tripoli this month, Russia was said to be reinforcing the...
May 29, 2020
EU regulator promises speedy review of potential COVID-19 drug remdesivir
(Reuters) - The European health regulator has vowed to conduct a speedy review of Gilead Sciences' potential COVID-19 drug, remdesivir, but said it has not yet received an application from the U.S. dr...
May 29, 2020
U.S. college towns on edge as coronavirus threatens football season
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - In 2019, Dante Lucchesi and his Champs Sports Grill in State College, Pennsylvania, were on a roll. The 400-seat restaurant his father opened in 1986 was full every weekend ...
May 29, 2020
U.S. Asians, harassed over coronavirus, push back on streets, social media
By Richard Chang NEW YORK (Reuters) - A spike in harassment of Asian-Americans since the coronavirus pandemic began has led community activists in the United States to fight back - forming street patr...
May 29, 2020
All dressed up, no prom to go to
By Faith Ninivaggi BOSTON (Reuters) - Like Cinderella, Emily Appleton dreamed of going to the ball and dancing with her Prince Charming. But the coronavirus spoiled everything. Now, all the high schoo...
May 29, 2020
Black voters don’t trust mail ballots. That’s a problem for Democrats
By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sharon Fason used to accompany her mother to their south Chicago polling place every Election Day as a little girl, watching as she joined their African-Ameri...
May 29, 2020
Futures hit by Sino-U.S. tensions at the end of strong month
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures dropped on Friday as investors braced for President Donald Trump's response to China's national security legislation for Hong Kong, threatening to take th...
May 29, 2020
As lockdowns ease, a Bronx nail salon plans a careful reopening
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - When Yahaira Caraballo opened her nail salon in the Bronx, New York nearly seven years ago, it was a bare-bones shop with two nail technicians. Earlier this year, she had...
May 29, 2020
