Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Unions denounce Las Vegas mayor’s call to re-open casinos
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - The powerful United Auto Workers union on Friday criticized Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman's call to re-open casinos despite the continued risk of coronavirus, the lat...
Apr 24, 2020
Protesters demand Wisconsin governor to reopen state as coronavirus cases rise
By Shannon Stapleton MADISON, Wisc. (Reuters) - A rally outside Wisconsin's capitol building in Madison on Friday drew hundreds of protesters who demanded Democratic Governor Tony Evers reopen the sta...
Apr 24, 2020
Exclusive: China sent team including medical experts to advise on North Korea’s Kim, sources say
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation. The ...
Apr 24, 2020
Trump says his remarks on using disinfectant inside people’s bodies were sarcastic
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that he was being sarcastic when he raised the possibility of using disinfectant inside people's bodies to fight the coronavi...
Apr 24, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic inspires demand for UV airplane cleaner
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that ultraviolet light could be inserted into coronavirus patients was widely panned on Friday, but a California company thinks it's a perfect solu...
Apr 24, 2020
Peru indigenous warn of ‘ethnocide by inaction’ as coronavirus hits Amazon tribes
By Maria Cervantes LIMA (Reuters) - Indigenous tribes in Peru's Amazon say the government has left them to fend for themselves against the coronavirus, risking "ethnocide by inaction," according to a ...
Apr 24, 2020
U.S. federal government to accept new small business relief loans Monday morning
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) said on Friday it would resume processing applications for small business relief under the Paycheck Protection Program on Monday at ...
Apr 24, 2020
Explainer: How the U.S. is handling immigration enforcement during the coronavirus crisis
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump made a hardline immigration agenda central to his 2020 re-election campaign and his administration has pushed ahead with a wide-ranging...
Apr 24, 2020
NYC officials pour cold water on proposal to close some streets to cars
By Tina Bellon NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City officials on Friday cautioned against a proposal to close some streets to car traffic to allow New Yorkers more space to stay apart and exercise outdo...
Apr 24, 2020
As Georgia re-opens, an Atlanta-area salon tests limits of social distancing
By Rich McKay MARIETTA, Ga. (Reuters) - A dozen customers lined up outside the Three-13 Salon, Spa & Boutique in suburban Atlanta on Friday morning, each standing six feet apart and eagerly awaiting t...
Apr 24, 2020
