Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Apollo Global invests $1.75 billion in U.S. supermarket operator Albertsons
By Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - Buyout firm Apollo Global Management said on Wednesday it has invested $1.75 billion in Albertsons Companies Inc, a sign of confidence in the debt-laden U.S. supermarket...
May 20, 2020
‘Life-threatening’ flood submerges central Michigan city after two dams breached
By Maria Caspani (Reuters) - Flood waters as high as five feet submerged parts of the city of Midland in central Michigan on Wednesday after heavy rain caused a swollen river to overflow its banks and...
May 20, 2020
Apple-Google contact tracing tech launches, with 23 countries seeking access
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Authorities in 23 countries across five continents have sought access to contact tracing technology from Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google, the companies a...
May 20, 2020
U.S. workplace safety agency steps up COVID-19 inspections
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department will expand inspections of businesses to reduce job-site hazards related to the new coronavirus as employees begin returning to work across the countr...
May 20, 2020
San Francisco area roads busier, still far below normal as stay home orders remain
By Ann Saphir SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - More people have been venturing out for work and play in recent weeks in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to traffic data, even as some of the strictest st...
May 20, 2020
More than 1,100 former U.S. prosecutors slam attempt to drop Flynn charges
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 1,100 former U.S. federal prosecutors on Wednesday blasted the attempt by Republican President Donald Trump's Justice Department to dismiss a charge ...
May 20, 2020
Low-income areas of New York City show high COVID-19 positive rates: governor
(Reuters) - New York City residents from low-income communities tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies at a much higher rate than the general population, according to data disclosed by Governor Andre...
May 20, 2020
WHO reports most coronavirus cases in a day, worried about poor countries
GENEVA (Reuters) - There were 106,000 new cases of new coronavirus infection recorded worldwide in the last 24 hours - the most in a single day yet, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, ex...
May 20, 2020
Pompeo defends firing of State Dept watchdog, says should have done it earlier
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday defended his recommendation the State Department's inspector general be fired, saying he should have done it earlier, and reject...
May 20, 2020
Empty trains, clogged roads: Americans get behind the wheel to avoid transit
By Tina Bellon NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Americans plan for life after pandemic lockdowns, many want to avoid public transport and use a car instead, straining already underfunded transit systems and ri...
May 20, 2020
