Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Investors bet on testing, treatments for restart of U.S. economy
By Sinad Carew (Reuters) - Investors are pinning their hopes for the reopening of the U.S. economy on the potential for wider availability of testing for COVID-19 cases and on drug trials for treatmen...
Apr 26, 2020
Death toll reaches 23 from last year’s mass shooting in El Paso, Texas
By Julio-Cesar Chavez (Reuters) - The death toll from a mass shooting last August at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart store has climbed to 23 after the last victim left hospitalized from the rampage succumb...
Apr 26, 2020
Asia shares edge ahead, eyes on BOJ easing
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares inched higher on Monday ahead of a busy week for earnings and central bank meetings, with much chatter the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will announce more stimulus...
Apr 26, 2020
Trump rejects reports that he will fire HHS chief Azar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected reports that he was planning to fire Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, saying he was doing an "excellent job." On ...
Apr 26, 2020
U.S. Labor Department issues new guidance for meatpacking workers
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department issued new guidelines on Sunday for U.S. meatpacking and meat-processing plants that have seen a rash of coronavirus outbreaks, saying emp...
Apr 26, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 928,619 coronavirus cases, 52,459 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 928,619 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 32,853 cases from its previous count, and said the number of d...
Apr 26, 2020
After betting its future on Boeing, jetmaker Embraer scrambles for elusive plan B
By Marcelo Rochabrun, Tim Hepher and Rodrigo Viga Gaier SAO PAULO/PARIS (Reuters) - Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA has been thrust into an uncertain future with no immediate plan B, while not ruling ...
Apr 26, 2020
U.S. to cap individual firms’ lending through emergency loan program: memo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) plans to cap how much institutions can lend under the Paycheck Protection Program designed to keep workers on payrolls amid the nove...
Apr 26, 2020
Bucking bull event goes ahead in U.S. with coronavirus provisions in place
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - A Professional Bull Riders (PBR) competition took place in an empty arena in the U.S. on Sunday with cowboys in facemasks clinging onto 1,500-pound (680.39 kg) bucking bulls...
Apr 26, 2020
Oklahoma asks Trump to declare coronavirus an ‘act of God’ to help oil producers
(Reuters) - Oklahoma's governor has called on U.S. President Donald Trump to declare the coronavirus pandemic an "act of God," a step to help oil-producing states contend with a crude glut that caused...
Apr 26, 2020
