Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
‘Never give up, never despair’: Queen praises Britons on VE Day
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth honoured those who died in World War Two on Friday, the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, and used the occasion to say she was p...
May 08, 2020
As pandemic rages, anything goes for bitcoin’s third ‘halving’
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bitcoin is about to undergo a scheduled technical adjustment as the number of new coins awarded the computer wizards who "mine" the cryptocurrency will...
May 08, 2020
Lori Loughlin, other parents lose bid to dismiss U.S. college scam charges
BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday declined to dismiss the charges against "Full House" actress Lori Loughlin and other wealthy parents awaiting trial in the U.S. college admissions scandal ...
May 08, 2020
`I’m never going to be the same’: Medics grapple with mental trauma on COVID-19 front line
By Gabriella Borter and Kristina Cooke NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Anne Messman, a veteran emergency room physician in Detroit, knew something was wrong when she developed insomnia and became unu...
May 08, 2020
Trump, Pence have not had contact with infected Pence staffer recently: official
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have not been in contact recently with a member of Pence's staff who was found to be infected with the coronavirus, a senior admin...
May 08, 2020
Anarchy in Venezuela’s jails laid bare by massacre over food
By Angus Berwick and Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - Three weeks before he was shot dead, Miguel Calderon, an inmate in the lawless Los Llanos jail on Venezuela's central plains, sent a voice messa...
May 08, 2020
U.S. CDC reopening guidelines are under review: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommended guidelines on when and how localities should reopen activity are being edited, White House spokeswoman Kayleigh...
May 08, 2020
Exclusive: Iran-linked hackers recently targeted coronavirus drugmaker Gilead – sources
By Jack Stubbs and Christopher Bing LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hackers linked to Iran have targeted staff at U.S. drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc in recent weeks, according to publicly-available web ...
May 08, 2020
Protesters decry delay in arrests of two white men in shooting of black Georgia jogger
By Dustin Chambers BRUNSWICK, Georgia (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of a Georgia courthouse on Friday to decry the killing of an unarmed black man in February and the delay in c...
May 08, 2020
New York coronavirus hospitalizations at six-week low: governor
(Reuters) - The number of people hospitalized for the novel coronavirus across New York has fallen to a six-week low as the state hit hardest by the pandemic has figured out how to "control the beast"...
May 08, 2020
