Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Veterans Affairs recipients will receive automatic Economic Impact Payments
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) – The Internal Revenue Service, working in partnership with the Treasury Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs, announced today that recipients of VA bene...
Apr 17, 2020
Federal judge orders Florida company to stop peddling bleach-based COVID-19 ‘cure’
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge has ordered a Florida-based company to stop selling a product that it says cures COVID-19 but prosecutors allege contains a powerful bleach tha...
Apr 17, 2020
U.S. to start antibody testing of sailors on coronavirus-hit carrier
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy announced on Friday it would carry anti-body testing of sailors aboard the coronavirus-hit aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt to determine whether they were expos...
Apr 17, 2020
Trump’s coronavirus reopening plan has big holes, health experts say
By Ann Saphir SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. economy has imploded in the past month amid aggressive measures to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, with 22 million people filing for unemploy...
Apr 17, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 661,712 coronavirus cases, 33,049 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 661,712 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 29,164 cases from its previous count, and said that the number...
Apr 17, 2020
‘No excuses’: Moderate Democrats urge quick deal on small business coronavirus aid
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some moderate Democrats key to their party's control of the U.S. House of Representatives are urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi to move quickly to replenish a fund t...
Apr 17, 2020
California records highest daily number of coronavirus deaths: governor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Ninety-five people in California have died from coronavirus-related disease as of Friday morning, the most in any 24-hour period since the pandemic began, Governor Gavin...
Apr 17, 2020
U.S. coronavirus death toll passes 34,000: Reuters tally
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - U.S. coronavirus deaths rose above 34,000 on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as some states were expected to announce timetables for lifting restrictions aimed at bl...
Apr 17, 2020
FAA, CDC to update guidance to flight crews on coronavirus precautions
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plan to update guidance for airline flight crews about dealing...
Apr 17, 2020
Voting by mail in the spotlight as U.S. Congress debates how to secure November elections
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress is scrambling for ways to safeguard the Nov. 3 U.S. elections amid the coronavirus pandemic, with a partisan fight shaping up over a Democratic proposa...
Apr 17, 2020
