Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. traffic deaths fell in 2019 for third straight year
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. traffic deaths fell in 2019 for the third straight year even as overall road use increased, according to preliminary government data set to be released ...
May 05, 2020
Texas back in business? Barely, y’all, as malls, restaurants empty
By Brad Brooks AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Domain mall in Austin, Texas, is open for business - unlike most of its 100 upscale shops - as the state entered its first work week of eased pandemic rest...
May 05, 2020
Futures rise on oil gains, easing of lockdowns
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday, building on gains in the previous session, as oil prices jumped and a slew of countries eased coronavirus-led restrictions in an at...
May 05, 2020
Thomson Reuters narrowly misses earnings, cuts sales outlook
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters Corp reported higher quarterly sales and operating profit that fell slightly short of Wall Street estimates on Tuesday and cut is full-year sales outlook, citing u...
May 05, 2020
Open for lunch: California counties with few coronavirus cases re-start their economies
By Sharon Bernstein YUBA CITY, Calif. (Reuters) - California state restrictions banning restaurants from offering sit-down meals have not yet been lifted, but you wouldn't know that in downtown Yuba C...
May 05, 2020
Tents and immunity testing: U.S. colleges weigh return to campus life
By Jan Wolfe Classes in tents. Roommates assigned based on coronavirus antibody tests. Residences set aside for quarantined students. U.S. college life could look dramatically different when classes r...
May 05, 2020
U.S. Senate panel to question Trump’s pick to oversee coronavirus bailout money
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday will start scrutinizing the lawyer tapped by President Donald Trump to oversee a $500 billion fund to rescue larger businesses hit by the coronavirus ...
May 05, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court to weigh overseas anti-AIDS funding restrictions
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear arguments over whether a U.S. law violates constitutional free speech rights by requiring overseas affiliates of A...
May 05, 2020
Trump allies on the sidelines in Supreme Court financial records fight
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans who strenuously objected when a Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives panel subpoenaed President Donald Trump's financial rec...
May 05, 2020
UK COVID-19 death toll rises above 32,000, highest in Europe: data
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 32,000 people in the United Kingdom have died with suspected COVID-19, the highest official toll yet reported in Europe, according to data published on Tuesday. The Office...
May 05, 2020
