Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. CDC reports 1,274,036 coronavirus cases, 77,034 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 1,274,036 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 25,996 cases from its previous count, and said the num...
May 09, 2020
U.S. to buy $3 billion worth of agricultural goods from farmers: Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said the United States would buy $3 billion worth of dairy, meat and produce from farmers as unemployment soars and the prices that slaug...
May 09, 2020
In leaked call, Obama describes Trump handling of virus as chaotic
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Barack Obama described President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic as "chaotic" in a conference call with former members of h...
May 09, 2020
U.S. to allow states to distribute Gilead’s remdesivir to fight COVID-19
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Saturday it would allow state health departments to distribute Gilead Sciences Inc's remdesivir drug to fight COVID-19, and t...
May 09, 2020
Venezuela says troops seize abandoned Colombian combat boats, weapons
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's military said it seized three abandoned Colombian light combat vessels that soldiers found on Saturday while patrolling the Orinoco river, several days after the govern...
May 09, 2020
Amid lockdown dispute, Musk says he will move Tesla out of California
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc's chief executive Elon Musk tweeted https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1259162367285317633 on Saturday that Tesla will move its headquarters and future programs to Texas or Neva...
May 09, 2020
Vanessa Bryant files claim over crash-site photos
Vanessa Bryant filed a claim against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, contending deputies shared unauthorized photos of the site where her husband and daughter died in a helicopter crash i...
May 09, 2020
Trudeau warns premature reopening could send Canada ‘back into confinement’
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned that if provinces move too quickly to reopen their economies, a flare-up of the coronavirus pandemic could send Canada "back into co...
May 09, 2020
Three New York children have died from rare illness tied to COVID-19: governor
(Reuters) - Three children in New York have died from a rare inflammatory syndrome believed to be linked to the novel coronavirus, Governor Andrew Cuomo told a daily briefing on Saturday. Cuomo had on...
May 09, 2020
Mangoes off the menu for lonely primates, as Kiev zoo struggles in lockdown
By Margaryta Chornokondratenko and Sergiy Karazy KIEV (Reuters) - Mykhailo Pinchuk takes a short walk around his empty zoo, greeting some animals with a stroke and a morsel of food. No visitors have b...
May 09, 2020
