Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Senate Democrat says Republican leader’s plan to resume work puts lives in danger
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate Democrat on Wednesday accused Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of endangering the lives of Senate staff if he brings them back to work ...
Apr 29, 2020
What is at stake as the Supreme Court weighs the future of immigrant ‘Dreamers’
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide the legality of President Donald Trump's decision to end a program offering work permits and deportation relief to immigran...
Apr 29, 2020
CDC reports 1,005,147 coronavirus cases, 57,505 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 1,005,147 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 23,901 cases from its previous count, and said the number...
Apr 29, 2020
U.S. coronavirus outbreak soon to be deadlier than any flu since 1967 as deaths top 60,000
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 60,000 on Wednesday and the outbreak will soon be deadlier than any flu season since 1967, according to a Reuters tally. Amer...
Apr 29, 2020
Exclusive: Chesapeake Energy preparing bankruptcy filing – sources
By Mike Spector and David French (Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy Corp , the oil and gas exploration and production company that was at the forefront of the past decade's U.S. shale boom, is preparing a ...
Apr 29, 2020
Trump administration plans ‘Operation Warp Speed’ to rush coronavirus vaccine: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - The Trump administration is quietly planning a major undertaking to speed the development of a coronavirus vaccine, with a goal to have 100 million doses ready by year's end, Bloomberg New...
Apr 29, 2020
A scarf a day turns Dr. Birx into pop culture star at COVID-19 daily briefings
(Reuters) - U.S. coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx is best-known for her calm, authoritative briefings at the daily White House press conferences. But she has also become a pop cultu...
Apr 29, 2020
Amazon is Wall Street’s biggest winner from coronavirus
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - No company's stock market value has benefited more from the coronavirus pandemic than Amazon.com's. The online retailer and cloud computing heavyweight's market capitaliz...
Apr 29, 2020
Italy pledged aid to 2.3 million workers. Just 29,000 have got it
By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) - Looking to save lives and stop the coronavirus by shutting down the nation, the Italian government told workers in March: you stay home and we will...
Apr 29, 2020
New York police break up massive crowd at rabbi’s funeral that defied virus shutdown
By Nathan Layne and Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police broke up a massive crowd of ultra-Orthodox Jews who took part in a rabbi's funeral in defiance of a statewide coronavirus shutdow...
Apr 29, 2020
