Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Delta to have 7,000 more pilots than needed in the fall: memo
By Tracy Rucinski (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines , with more than 14,000 pilots on its roster, expects to have 7,000 more than it needs in the fall as the coronavirus pandemic weighs on its operations, a...
May 14, 2020
NHC says 40% chance of cyclone over the Straits of Florida
(Reuters) - An area of cloudiness and thunderstorms located over the Straits of Florida has a 40% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Th...
May 14, 2020
Trump cheers Wisconsin ruling as tensions flare over coronavirus lockdowns
By Steve Gorman and Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday applauded the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision to strike down a coronavirus lockdown order in his latest move to e...
May 14, 2020
U.S. SEC charges two companies, CEO over misleading COVID-19 claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday it has charged two companies and a chief executive officer with making misleading claims related to COVID-19, the di...
May 14, 2020
U.S. forecaster sees 65% chance for neutral weather during summer
(Reuters) - There is about a 65% chance of El Nio-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral conditions prevailing during the northern hemisphere summer in 2020, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on ...
May 14, 2020
U.S. appeals court rejects Trump bid to escape ’emoluments’ lawsuit
By Jan Wolfe and Jonathan Stempel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump's effort to end a lawsuit alleging his ownership of a hotel in Washington viol...
May 14, 2020
Exclusive: Tesla’s secret batteries aim to rework the math for electric cars and the grid
By Norihiko Shirouzu and Paul Lienert (Reuters) - Electric car maker Tesla Inc plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in its Model 3 sedan in China later this year or early next that it ...
May 14, 2020
Special Report: Immigrant couple face double jeopardy in U.S. coronavirus epidemic
By Mica Rosenberg MORTON, Mississippi (Reuters) - The Koch Foods chicken-processing plant dominates the small town of Morton, where even the sides of the roads are dotted with feathers. For more than ...
May 14, 2020
CVS Health to launch COVID-19 drive-thru test sites in five U.S. states
(Reuters) - CVS Health Corp said on Thursday it would roll out more than 50 COVID-19 testing sites at select pharmacy drive-thru locations in five U.S. states, and expects to have up to 1,000 such loc...
May 14, 2020
Coronavirus crisis a window of opportunity for bankers to the rich
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and Simon Jessop ZURICH/LONDON (Reuters) - When markets slumped in March as the spread of coronavirus gathered pace, wealth managers' trading volumes soared as ultra rich cli...
May 14, 2020
