Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Republican donor named U.S. postmaster general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican Party donor was named on Wednesday to lead the U.S. Postal Service, which President Donald Trump has criticized for not charging companies like Amazon.com more for ...
May 06, 2020
Three people die after chemical leak at LG Polymers in south India: ANI
(Reuters) - At least three people, including a child, died after a chemical gas leakage at an LG Polymers facility in a village located near Visakhapatnam in the southern Indian state of Andhra Prades...
May 06, 2020
Asia stocks set to track soft Wall Street lead amid pandemic worries
By David Henry NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks were set to come under pressure on Thursday as downbeat economic data pushed investors to safe havens and growing worries about falling demand sent oil...
May 06, 2020
How lax rules, missed warnings led to Japan’s second coronavirus cruise-ship hot spot
By Ju-min Park NAGASAKI, Japan (Reuters) - Seven days before Japan quarantined a cruise ship near Tokyo early this year, in what became one of the first coronavirus hot spots outside China, another cr...
May 06, 2020
Some U.S. senators worry that without tests they could bring coronavirus home
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several U.S. senators have urged congressional leaders to accept the White House's offer of rapid coronavirus testing for lawmakers, saying they could otherwise unwittingly spre...
May 06, 2020
Trump vetoes Iran war powers resolution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed legislation passed by both houses of Congress to limit a president's ability to wage war against Iran, as Trump wages a campaign ...
May 06, 2020
Israel’s Supreme Court clears Netanyahu to form government despite corruption charges
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's indictment on corruption charges does not disqualify him from forming a government, Israel's top court said on Wednesday, paving the way for t...
May 06, 2020
Sinclair agrees to pay record-setting $48 million FCC civil penalty: agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sinclair Broadcast Group has agreed to pay a $48 million fine to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) resolving the probe into the company's abandoned deal to buy Tribune...
May 06, 2020
CDC reports 1,193,813 coronavirus cases, 70,802 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 1,193,813 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 22,303 cases from its previous count, and said that t...
May 06, 2020
Two of the largest Catholic archdioceses in U.S. reopen cemeteries for visits
(Reuters) - Two of the largest Roman Catholic archdioceses in America are opening up eight cemeteries for visitors in the New York City area on Sunday, after closing them weeks ago due to the new coro...
May 06, 2020
