Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
J.C. Penney files for bankruptcy protection
NEW YORK(Reuters) - J.C. Penney Co Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday, the latest among traditional brick-and-mortar retailers to crumble as prolonged store closures due to the COVID-19 pan...
May 15, 2020
Senate Intelligence panel sets Tuesday vote on Ratcliffe nomination for spy chief
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has scheduled a vote for next Tuesday to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee John Ratcliffe to the post of Director...
May 15, 2020
Residents of Bogota slum facing eviction despite quarantine
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - Hundreds of people expected to be evicted from their hillside homes in a slum of Colombia's capital Bogota on Friday, despite having nowhere to go during the count...
May 15, 2020
Across U.S., students in lockdown celebrate graduations virtually with celebrity guests
(Reuters) - Graduation ceremonies are a rite of passage in the United States, a chance to don a scholarly cap and gown and celebrate with friends and family another stage of school completed. But the ...
May 15, 2020
CDC reports 1,412,121 coronavirus cases, 85,990 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 1,412,121 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 27,191 cases from its previous count, and said that the ...
May 15, 2020
Georgia woman arrested over U.S. Medicare fraud on coronavirus testing
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Georgia woman was arrested on Friday for allegedly bilking Medicare - the U.S. health insurance program for Americans over age 65 and the disabled - by submi...
May 15, 2020
Investors prepare for more U.S. stock swings as states reopen
By April Joyner NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are bracing for more turbulence in U.S. stocks, as some states prepare to reopen their economies and global trade tensions rise. The Cboe Volatility Inde...
May 15, 2020
Biden campaign sees larger ‘battleground’ in race against Trump
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's campaign is betting that as many as 16 states could be up for grabs in November's election, with President Donald Trump's ...
May 15, 2020
New York to join neighbor states in opening beaches for Memorial Day: governor
By Nathan Layne and Rajesh Kumar Singh (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday the state would join New Jersey, Connecticut and Delaware in reopening beaches for the Memorial Day wee...
May 15, 2020
Coronavirus boosts U.S. layoffs; job openings fall
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Layoffs in the United States jumped to a record high in March, while the number of people voluntarily quitting their jobs dropped to a 4-1/2-year low as the no...
May 15, 2020
