Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Schumer says he sees U.S. Senate deal on coronavirus funding bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he thinks Republicans and Democrats have agreed on a fourth coronavirus spending bill, and that the Trump administrat...
Apr 21, 2020
Dealing with the dead: the female undertakers of Harlem
By Andrew Kelly and Clare Baldwin NEW YORK (Reuters) - There are 48 bodies in the basement of the funeral home in Harlem. Forty are in cardboard boxes, ready for cremation. The other eight are in the ...
Apr 21, 2020
U.S. readying ‘substantial’ aid to help Yemen fight coronavirus
By Humeyra Pamuk and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States is preparing a "substantial contribution" to help Yemen combat the coronavirus, but it may have to find alternat...
Apr 21, 2020
Exclusive: Trump pressed to halt federal pension investments in China’s ZTE, Hikvision
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers and former officials are making a last ditch push to persuade the Trump administration to halt plans to invest billions of federal employee retireme...
Apr 21, 2020
Futures slide as U.S. crude crashes below zero
By C Nivedita (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures resumed their slide on Tuesday as gloomy quarterly earnings reports and a historic plunge in U.S. crude prices to below zero raised the specter of a ...
Apr 21, 2020
Coronavirus very likely of animal origin, no sign of lab manipulation – WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that all available evidence suggests that the novel coronavirus originated in bats in China late last year and it was not manipul...
Apr 21, 2020
Corporate America seeks legal protection for when coronavirus lockdowns lift
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major U.S. business lobbying groups are asking Congress to pass measures that would protect companies large and small from coronavirus-related lawsuits when stat...
Apr 21, 2020
Coronavirus shelter-at-home rules upend U.S. child abuse prevention system
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A California case worker hears screaming as she tries to conduct a telephone session for a child abuse prevention agency; an Oregon doctor sees signs...
Apr 21, 2020
COVID-19 death toll in England 41% higher than early data suggested: ONS
LONDON (Reuters) - The true extent of the death toll in England and Wales from COVID-19 was 41% higher than the daily figures from the government indicated by April 10, according to data on Tuesday th...
Apr 21, 2020
California regulator wants changes in PG&E reorganization plan, proposes $2 billion fine
(Reuters) - A California regulator has asked PG&E Corp for governance and oversight changes in its reorganization plan, while also proposing penalties of about $2 billion on the San-Francisco based ut...
Apr 21, 2020
