Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Fight brews in Congress over Republican push to protect business from coronavirus suits
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key U.S. Senate Democrat pushed back on Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's drive to protect employers from coronavirus-related lawsuits when the econ...
May 07, 2020
Blame China. Remake economy: Trump pivots to new election message amid pandemic
By Tim Reid and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - George Engelmann, a perennial swing voter in swing-state Wisconsin, says President Donald Trump has won his vote for November's election thanks to his respo...
May 07, 2020
North America bulges with cattle as virus closes packers, leaving retailers hungry for beef
By Rod Nickel and Martinne Geller WINNIPEG, Manitoba/LONDON (Reuters) - There is no room on the range for cattle, as shuttered slaughterhouses across North America due to the pandemic leave farmers no...
May 07, 2020
Protesting COVID-style: masks optional, creativity essential
LONDON (Reuters) - Outraged Polish women said it with umbrellas, locked-down Serbians banged pots from open windows and environmentalists did what they have always done - climbed a tree. But as they s...
May 07, 2020
Cigna’s Express Scripts offers discounted drugs for U.S. newly unemployed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Express Scripts is offering discounted $25 and $75 prescription drug prices to the newly uninsured, a stop-gap measure aimed at Americans who lose their jobs and health insurance ...
May 07, 2020
WHO guidelines for frontline PPE use designed to protect people, conserve gear
(Reuters) - As the coronavirus began to spread around the world, a global shortage of masks and other protective equipment emerged, especially for frontline medical staff. How those supplies are used ...
May 07, 2020
U.S. records first coronavirus death of immigrant detainee
(Reuters) - The United States has recorded its first death of an immigration detainee from the coronavirus, local health authorities in the state of California said on Thursday. A 57-year-old man who ...
May 07, 2020
London’s “temples of gastronomy” improvise to survive COVID-19
By Will Russell and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Andrew Wong knew from an early age that running a restaurant required improvisation, having watched his parents steer their London Chinese restaurant...
May 07, 2020
Explainer: South Korean findings suggest ‘reinfected’ coronavirus cases are false positives
By Sangmi Cha and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean health authorities raised new concerns about the novel coronavirus after reporting last month that dozens of patients who had recovered from...
May 07, 2020
U.S. unemployment rolls seen swelling as coronavirus restrictions bite
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Millions more Americans likely sought unemployment benefits last week, suggesting a broadening of layoffs from consumer facing industries to other segments of ...
May 07, 2020
