Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. says Islamic State conducted attack on Kabul hospital
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has assessed that Islamic State Khorasan conducted two attacks in Afghanistan this week, including on a hospital in Kabul in which two newborn babies were kill...
May 14, 2020
U.S. issues first coronavirus workplace guidance to nursing homes
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor issued its first workplace guidance to nursing homes on Thursday since the COVID-19 pandemic swept the country and ravaged care facilities, saying ...
May 14, 2020
House Democrat wants U.S. airlines to cap seating because of coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Thursday urged U.S. airlines to maintain at least one seat between all passengers and cap seating at 67%...
May 14, 2020
CDC reports 1,384,930 coronavirus cases, 83,947 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 1,384,930 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 20,869 cases from its previous count, and said the num...
May 14, 2020
Sand, surf, social distance: Jersey Shore to reopen
By Peter Szekely (Reuters) - The beaches and boardwalks of the New Jersey shore, made famous by the music of Bruce Springsteen, will reopen for Memorial Day weekend as the state that was hit among har...
May 14, 2020
U.S. Senate approves bill to pressure China over Uighur rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate approved legislation on Thursday calling on President Donald Trump's administration to toughen its response to China's crackdown on its Uighur Muslim minority, t...
May 14, 2020
CDC issues guidelines on how to reopen schools, transit and workplaces
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday issued guidelines to help schools and workplaces determine whether they are ready to open for business. The six so-c...
May 14, 2020
U.S. accuses Chinese-born researcher at Cleveland Clinic of ties to Chinese spying
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chinese-born former employee of the Cleveland clinic was arrested on fraud charges related to $3.6 million in federal grants, the FBI said on Thursday, the l...
May 14, 2020
New York City health chief’s firing urged over spat with police on masks
By Maria Caspani and Rajesh Kumar Singh NEW YORK (Reuters) - (Note language in quote in fourth paragraph) New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio faced calls on Thursday to fire his health commissioner aft...
May 14, 2020
‘I should have stopped them’ – Note left at slain Ahmaud Arbery’s memorial
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - The family of Ahmaud Arbery, the black jogger whose fatal shooting in Georgia triggered a national outcry, appealed on Thursday for any new witness to the killing to ...
May 14, 2020
