Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Exclusive: CDC plans sweeping COVID-19 antibody study in 25 metropolitan areas
By Nick Brown (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans a nationwide study of up to 325,000 people to track how the new coronavirus is spreading across the country in...
May 18, 2020
San Francisco Bay Area to open for manufacturing, curbside retail
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area may open for manufacturing, retail with curbside pickup and warehouse distribution, health directors of five...
May 18, 2020
Trump to nominate a top Ohio prosecutor as U.S. Attorney in D.C.: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump intends to nominate a top Ohio federal prosecutor as the new U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, an administration official confirmed on Monday. J...
May 18, 2020
Walmart trailed supermarkets amid peak panic-buying: data
By Reade Levinson and Melissa Fares LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans increased their visits to supermarkets far more than to Walmart Inc stores as panic-buying peaked in mid-March, a Reuters anal...
May 18, 2020
A sixth region of New York ready to reopen: governor
(Reuters) - A region in the western corner of New York will become the sixth region to start reopening on Tuesday after hiring enough people to trace contacts of people who test positive for the novel...
May 18, 2020
U.S. attorney general does not expect review of 2016 election interference to lead to Obama criminal probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday he does not expect a Justice Department review of the FBI's handling of 2016 election interference to lead to criminal charges ...
May 18, 2020
Azar says ‘hopeful’ U.S. schools will reopen in fall: Fox News interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar said on Monday he was hopeful American schools would reopen in the fall, despite reports of a rare inflammatory syndrome in children that is beli...
May 18, 2020
SoftBank’s Son hopes ‘winged unicorns’ can save crumbling tech empire
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday pinned his hopes on a small group of "winged unicorns" to save the performance of his $100 billion Vision Fund - althoug...
May 18, 2020
Uber to lay off 3,000 workers in second cut this month
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc will cut about 3,000 jobs, in addition to the 3,700 it had announced earlier this month, as coronavirus-led restrictions sap demand for ride-hailing services, Chief E...
May 18, 2020
Where U.S. coronavirus cases are on the rise
By Chris Canipe and Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - Most U.S. states reported a drop in new cases of COVID-19 for the week ended May 17, with only 13 states seeing a rise in infections compared to the previ...
May 18, 2020
