Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Exclusive: U.S. accuses China of blocking U.S. flights, demands action
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department late on Friday accused the Chinese government of making it impossible for U.S. air carriers to resume service to China and ordered Chinese air...
May 22, 2020
Hertz files for U.S. bankruptcy protection as car rentals evaporate in pandemic
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The more than a century old car rental firm Hertz Global Holdings Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday after its business all but vanished during the coronavirus pandemic...
May 22, 2020
Large employers push back on U.S. healthcare mergers during coronavirus crisis
By Rebecca Spalding (Reuters) - A group representing some of the largest U.S. employers has asked Congress for a year-long ban on mergers and acquisitions among hospitals and doctors groups that recei...
May 22, 2020
U.S. grants tentative OK for 15 air carriers to suspend service to 75 airports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department said late Friday it had granted tentative approval to 15 airlines to temporarily halt service to 75 U.S. airports because of the coronavirus p...
May 22, 2020
NBA-Knicks great Patrick Ewing says he has COVID-19
(Reuters) - New York Knicks great Patrick Ewing on Friday said he has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The 57-year-old, who played 17 seasons in the NBA and w...
May 22, 2020
Peer-reviewed data shows Gilead’s drug effective against COVID-19: NIH
(Reuters) - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Friday peer-reviewed data published in the New England Journal of Medicine from a trial testing Gilead Sciences Inc's remdesivir showed the ...
May 22, 2020
FBI chief orders internal review into probe of Trump ex-aide Flynn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two weeks after the Justice Department sought to drop charges against U.S. President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn, the FBI's director ordered an...
May 22, 2020
Donated plasma benefits COVID-19 patients in small U.S. study
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - Patients with severe COVID-19 given plasma from someone who recovered from the disease were more likely to stabilize or need less oxygen support than other similar hospita...
May 22, 2020
U.S. Justice Department backs lawsuit challenging Illinois coronavirus restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Friday weighed in on a legal challenge brought against Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's coronavirus stay-at-home orders, filing a statement of inter...
May 22, 2020
Georgia state police see no more arrests in murder of black jogger
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia police expect no more arrests in the shooting death of a black jogger after taking a third suspect into custody in the racially charged case, which attracted ...
May 22, 2020
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