Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Post Office board meets as COVID takes its toll and funding dries up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service's Board of Governors meets on Friday at a critical juncture as it faces accusations from the White House that it charges package shippers such as Amazon....
May 08, 2020
Futures climb as Sino-U.S. tensions ease
By C Nivedita (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday as signs of improving relations between the United States and China boosted sentiment ahead of a key jobs report that is likely to sho...
May 08, 2020
Wuhan market had role in virus outbreak, but more research needed: WHO
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - A wholesale market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan played a role in the outbreak of the novel coronavirus last year, as the source or possibly as an "ampli...
May 08, 2020
Exclusive: Biden allies told to attack Trump’s stimulus as ‘cronyism’
By Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK (Reuters) - Allies of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are being told to sharpen attacks on President Donald Trump's stimulus efforts as thinly veiled...
May 08, 2020
Pandemic pushes California bookstores to find innovative ways to keep customers
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Peer past the sign declaring that Beers Books is closed due to coronavirus restrictions, and you can see boxes stacked high on pallets and bins waiti...
May 08, 2020
Special Report: For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection
By Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Jackie Botts, Andrea Januta and Guillermo Gomez MADILL, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Sick with pneumonia, agitated and confused, Johnny Leija refused to return to his hospita...
May 08, 2020
Tesla aims to restart Fremont plant as soon as Friday: Bloomberg
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc plans to reopen its sole U.S. car plant in Fremont, California as soon as Friday, Bloomberg reported https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-08/tesla-aims-to-restart-frem...
May 08, 2020
Australia annoyed as U.S. pushes Wuhan lab COVID-19 theory
By Kirsty Needham and Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian officials are frustrated that their push for an inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus is being undermined by the White House, wh...
May 08, 2020
One person dead after being struck by plane landing at airport in Austin, Texas
(Reuters) - A person was killed late Thursday after being struck by a plane landing at an airport in Austin, Texas, officials said. The person was struck and killed on runway 17R by a landing aircraft...
May 08, 2020
Great Depression-like U.S. job losses, unemployment rate expected in April
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy likely lost a staggering 22 million jobs in April, in what would be the steepest plunge in payrolls since the Great Depression and the starkes...
May 07, 2020
