Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Disney reaches deal with Walt Disney World unions on safeguards for returning to work
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co and unions representing workers at Florida's Walt Disney World have reached an agreement on safeguards to protect employees from coronavirus, a union statement s...
May 14, 2020
U.S. Senate votes to extend government surveillance tools
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate comfortably approved a 2-1/2-year extension of parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) on Thursday, two months after the d...
May 14, 2020
NIH to study malaria drug championed by President Trump against COVID-19
(Reuters) - The National Institutes of Health said on Thursday it began a study to evaluate the combination of antibiotic azithromycin and malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which was previously touted ...
May 14, 2020
Without wearing a mask, Trump tours Pennsylvania mask distribution center
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - Without wearing a face mask himself, President Donald Trump toured a mask distribution center in the political swing state of Pennsylvania on Thursday in an effort to highli...
May 14, 2020
Five New York regions now ready to start reopening on Friday: governor
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday that a central area of his state was now ready to open, bringing to five the number of regions that can take the first steps to reopen some ...
May 14, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. considers returning Cuba to list of state sponsors of terrorism – source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering returning Cuba to its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a senior Trump administration official told Reuters on Thursday, a move that would ma...
May 14, 2020
Seven weeks into coronavirus lockdowns, Fed has a new, darker message
By Heather Timmons (Reuters) - One Thursday morning seven weeks ago, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made a rare appearance on NBC's "Today Show" to offer a reassuring message to Americans dealing...
May 14, 2020
U.S. Postal Service reviewing delivery contracts: WashPost
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service has launched a review of package delivery contracts with Amazon, UPS, FedEx and other large shippers, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing si...
May 14, 2020
U.S. electricity use to drop by record amount in 2020 due coronavirus
(Reuters) - U.S. electricity consumption will collapse by a record 4.6% in 2020 as businesses shut due to government lockdowns to slow the spread of coronavirus, the U.S. Energy Information Administra...
May 14, 2020
Senate Intelligence Committee chairman stepping down during stock sale investigation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Richard Burr will temporarily step aside as chairman of the intelligence committee, effective at the end of Friday, during a federal investigation into whethe...
May 14, 2020
