Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Most Americans cannot or will not use COVID-19 contact tracing apps: poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than half of all Americans either do not own smartphones or would not use apps backed by Alphabet Inc's Google and Apple Inc to trace who has been exposed to the new corona...
Apr 29, 2020
U.S. House panel seeks details on agency’s talks over Washington Trump hotel
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump's administration to hand over details on any talks between his company ...
Apr 29, 2020
Trump, Fauci see hope with Gilead’s drug in coronavirus fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday greeted as good news reports that a Gilead Sciences Inc experimental antiviral drug might help fight the coronavirus, and infectious dis...
Apr 29, 2020
U.S. nonprofits scramble for loans as need jumps, funds disappear
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Domestic violence incidents are surging during coronavirus lockdowns, just as the largest U.S. network providing emergency housing for abused women and their ch...
Apr 29, 2020
New York governor takes aim at Florida Senator Scott over bailout comments
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo criticized Florida Senator Rick Scott for asking why the federal government should provide funding to states facing budget shortfalls, noting that New York p...
Apr 29, 2020
UK has second-highest COVID-19 death toll in Europe, new figures show
By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom now has Europe's second-highest official death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to new figures on Wednesday that cover fatalities...
Apr 29, 2020
As Lebanon’s crisis deepens, politicians trade blame
By Tom Perry and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese politicians who have led their country into financial disaster are squabbling over who is to blame, stirring up old rivalries that may spell e...
Apr 29, 2020
Republicans postpone vote on controversial Fed nominee Shelton
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Senate have postponed plans to advance Federal Reserve nominee Judy Shelton, according to a congressional source, heading off a fight ov...
Apr 29, 2020
U.S. Navy to carry out deeper review of coronavirus-hit ship
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy on Wednesday said that it would carry out a broader review into the spread of the coronavirus aboard an aircraft carrier, a move likely to delay a decision on the ...
Apr 29, 2020
Michigan to reopen construction industry in state on May 7: spokesman
DETROIT (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer will allow the state's construction industry to return to work on May 7 as the Midwestern state battles the coronavirus outbreak, a spokesman sai...
Apr 29, 2020
