Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
As virus ravages Detroit, rural Michigan chafes at heavy job losses
By Jason Lange and Michael Martina DETROIT (Reuters) - For Amy Schuch, who co-owns a tree-removal business in rural Michigan, social distancing was part of the job long before the coronavirus pandemic...
Apr 28, 2020
Toilet paper trophy hunters on a roll as U.S. shortages start easing
By Martinne Geller and Lisa Baertlein LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. consumers have begun spotting rare Quilted Northern and Charmin toilet paper rolls on store shelves across the United States, ...
Apr 28, 2020
Wells Fargo’s relationship with NRA is ‘declining’: CEO
(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co's relationship with firearm lobbying group the National Rifle Association is "declining," Chief Executive Charles Scharf told investors on Tuesday. Speaking at Wells Fargo...
Apr 28, 2020
Democrats’ Senate majority odds boosted amid outbreak, Trump’s uneven response
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Steve Daines been airing a television advertisement in Montana touting his efforts to protect his state's residents from the novel coronavirus. But his...
Apr 28, 2020
Pelosi says state, local government aid could come in two parts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Additional funding for state and local governments whose finances have been battered amid the novel coronavirus outbreak could come in two separate bills, U.S. House Speaker Nan...
Apr 28, 2020
YouTube expands fact-check feature to U.S. video searches during COVID-19 pandemic
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - YouTube, the video service of Alphabet Inc's Google, said on Tuesday it would start showing text and links from third-party fact checkers to U.S. viewers, part of ef...
Apr 28, 2020
Hillary Clinton set to endorse Joe Biden’s presidential bid
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will endorse the campaign of her fellow Democrat Joe Biden on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with her plans. The endorsement...
Apr 28, 2020
Trump to order U.S. meat processing plants to stay open: administration official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump plans to use the Defense Production Act to mandate that meat processing plants owned by Tyson Foods Inc and other companies remain open to protect the U.S...
Apr 28, 2020
New York new coronavirus hospitalizations at month low, governor says
(Reuters) - The number of people admitted to a hospital in New York for the novel coronavirus dropped to its lowest daily level in more than a month, the latest sign the crisis is subsiding in the har...
Apr 28, 2020
U.S. senator urges criminal probe of Amazon.com ‘predatory data practices’
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Josh Hawley urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to open a criminal probe of Amazon.com Inc, saying the online retailer was building a monopoly using "...
Apr 28, 2020
