Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
As in 1918, New York may use staggered work hours to keep subway safe
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - As New York City makes plans to reopen in the coming months, officials are dusting off the playbook from the 1918 flu pandemic, when businesses were ordered to begin their ...
May 20, 2020
Ex-state legislator Bentz wins race to replace Oregon’s only Republican congressman
(Reuters) - Former Republican state legislator Cliff Bentz will replace Oregon's only Republican congressman, who is retiring, after emerging victorious from a crowded field of candidates in a primary...
May 20, 2020
After U.S. warning, Iran says its navy will still operate in Gulf
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Iranian navy will maintain regular missions in the Gulf, the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday, a day after the United States warned mariners there to stay away from U.S. wa...
May 20, 2020
Bangladesh moves Rohingya to island shelters as huge cyclone nears
By Ruma Paul and A S M Suza Uddin DHAKA/COX'S BAZAR (Reuters) - Authorities in Bangladesh have moved hundreds of Rohingya refugees living on a flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal to storm shelters...
May 20, 2020
Britain’s Rolls-Royce to cut 9,000 jobs amid air travel slump
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Rolls-Royce said it would cut at least 9,000 jobs from its global staff of 52,000 to adapt to the much smaller aviation market that will emerge from the coronavirus pandem...
May 20, 2020
U.S. Air Force F-35 fighter crashes in Florida, pilot stable
(Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force F-35 fighter jet crashed upon landing on Tuesday night at a base in Florida and the pilot was ejected safely, the military said. "An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 58t...
May 20, 2020
‘It’s up to us’: how Merkel and Macron revived EU solidarity
By John Chalmers and Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - It took a courtroom of scarlet-robed judges to spur Angela Merkel to make one of her boldest moves in 15 years as German chancellor: propos...
May 20, 2020
Luckin scandal ripple effect prompts chairman-backed firm to seek cash: sources
By Julie Zhu and Zhang Yan HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - A company linked to China's scandal-hit Luckin Coffee Inc is seeking fresh capital, sources said, highlighting the ripple effect of Luckin's fa...
May 19, 2020
Senate Democrats call for Trump administration to unveil details of TSMC plant deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday urged the Trump administration to answer "serious questions" about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd's plans to build a U.S.-based $12 bi...
May 19, 2020
Missouri executes man convicted of 1991 murder in first execution since pandemic began
(Reuters) - A Missouri man convicted of stabbing to death an elderly trailer park manager three decades ago was put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday, in the first execution in the United States...
May 19, 2020
