Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. tightens visa rules for Chinese journalists amid coronavirus tensions
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States issued a new rule on Friday tightening visa guidelines for Chinese journalists, saying it was in response to the treatment of U.S. journalists in...
May 08, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 1,248,040 coronavirus cases, 75,477 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 1,248,040 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 28,974 cases from its previous count, and said that the ...
May 08, 2020
Key U.S. lawmakers urge international support for Taiwan at WHO: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of U.S. congressional foreign affairs committees have written to more than 50 countries asking them to support Taiwan's inclusion in the World Health Organization (W...
May 08, 2020
NFL: Players, coaches call for investigation into killing of Ahmaud Arbery
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - NFL greats Tom Brady and Anquan Boldin were among dozens of prominent players and coaches who called on Friday for a federal investigation into the death of Ahmaud Arbery, ...
May 08, 2020
Acting U.S. spy chief overhauls agency in defiance of congressional concerns
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defying congressional oversight concerns, U.S. President Donald Trump's acting director of national intelligence on Friday unveiled organizational changes to ...
May 08, 2020
Union says opposes reopening U.S. meat plants, more workers die
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The largest union representing U.S. meatpacking workers said on Friday it opposed the reopening of plants and that the Trump administration had failed to guarantee workers' safety....
May 08, 2020
As Trump returns to the road, some Democrats want to bust Biden out of his basement
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Elizabeth Culliford and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While President Donald Trump traveled to the battleground state of Arizona this week, his Democratic opponent for the...
May 08, 2020
Tijuana coronavirus death rate soars after hospital outbreaks
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Mexico's best-known border city, Tijuana, has soared and the COVID-19 mortality rate is twice the national average, the health ...
May 08, 2020
White House’s Birx to take key role in coronavirus drug distribution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. coronavirus task force response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx will have a leading role in how the first drug to demonstrate a benefit in treating COVID-19 patients will be d...
May 08, 2020
U.S. watchdog agency says coronavirus whistleblower should be reinstated
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government watchdog agency has recommended the temporary reinstatement of a whistleblower who says he was removed as director of a government research office...
May 08, 2020
