Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Reuters wins Pulitzer for photography; Alaska newspaper takes public service award
(Reuters) - The Anchorage Daily News won the Pulitzer Prize for public service journalism in collaboration with the investigative site ProPublica, while the photography staff of Reuters won the breaki...
May 04, 2020
Biden announces new policy efforts aimed at black voters
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign on Monday unveiled a broad policy targeted toward helping reduce racial wealth and health gaps amo...
May 04, 2020
Massive U.S. stock bounce stokes doubts, provokes bears
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and April Joyner NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are treating the U.S. equity market's blistering rally with a dose of caution, socking away cash, staying on the sidelines or buyin...
May 04, 2020
Fears overnight closure of New York subway will push homeless ‘into the shadows’
By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Plans to close New York City's subways at night to disinfect trains during the coronavirus pandemic risk pushing hundreds of homeless people ...
May 04, 2020
U.S. banks tightened loan standards in first quarter as coronavirus outbreak took hold
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Loan officers at U.S. banks reported significantly tightening standards and terms on business loans in the first three months of the year as the coronavirus outbreak in the Unit...
May 04, 2020
Russia’s ventilators: plentiful, but often old and sometimes broken
By Maria Tsvetkova, Polina Nikolskaya and Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) - As new cases of the coronavirus accelerate in Russia, by one measure it is relatively well placed to cope with the pandemic....
May 04, 2020
Cuba calls attack on Washington embassy terrorism; police say gunman heard voices
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Monday called a gun assault last week on its embassy in Washington a "terrorist attack", while U.S. court papers said the suspec...
May 04, 2020
Apple, Google ban use of location tracking in contact tracing apps
By Stephen Nellis and Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google on Monday said they would ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a new contact tracing system the two are b...
May 04, 2020
New York to allow construction and manufacturing to reopen first: governor
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday outlined a phased reopening of business activity in the state hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, starting with select retailers, wholesale su...
May 04, 2020
Senate returns to Washington amid concerns about coronavirus risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators returned to Washington for the first time in nearly six weeks on Monday, amid concerns that their legislative sessions could put lawmakers and staff at risk of con...
May 04, 2020
