Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
As people use COVID-19 as weapon, U.S. states mull criminal crackdowns
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Accused criminals across the United States have started using the threat of deadly COVID-19 infection as a weapon in attacks on police, retail clerks and groce...
May 14, 2020
Trump mobilizing U.S. military to deliver coronavirus vaccine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is mobilizing the U.S. military to distribute a novel coronavirus vaccine when one becomes available and will focus first on older Americans. "You know it...
May 14, 2020
Futures dip on fears of prolonged economic downturn
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Thursday following two sessions of sharp declines, as investors worried that the current economic downturn maybe be here for longer t...
May 14, 2020
Governor reworks budget as COVID-19 plays havoc with California economy
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Ambitious plans to strengthen California's social safety net will likely be scaled back on Thursday when Governor Gavin Newsom unveils a revised stat...
May 14, 2020
Explainer: Trump keeps raising ‘Obamagate.’ What’s that?
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has accused his predecessor Barack Obama of seeking to damage his presidency, repeatedly referring to it as "Obamagate" but offering no details. WH...
May 14, 2020
Whistleblower to warn Congress of ‘grave risks’ of rushing to reopen U.S.
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A whistleblower who says he was removed as director of a government research office because he raised concerns about coronavirus preparedness will testify before a ...
May 14, 2020
Truckers hit by coronavirus pandemic face rocky road to recovery
By Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) - Bryan Hutchens in Oklahoma estimates he's only used his two flat-bed trucks to shift oilfield equipment for a week out of the past month as the coronavirus crisis shu...
May 14, 2020
Big police presence expected at Michigan protest of stay-at-home order
By Michael Martina (Reuters) - A demonstration protesting Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order is set to take place on Thursday in the state capital of Lansing, with fears some migh...
May 14, 2020
India follows China’s lead to widen use of coronavirus tracing app
By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is aggressively pushing a state-backed contact tracing app to fight the spread of COVID-19, raising fears that the world's second-most populous nation ...
May 14, 2020
Kidney injury seen in more than a third of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: U.S. study
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Over a third of patients treated for COVID-19 in a large New York medical system developed acute kidney injury, and nearly 15% required dialysis, U.S. research...
May 14, 2020
