Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
San Diego Comic-Con canceled for first time amid coronavirus outbreak
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - San Diego Comic-Con, an annual celebrity-studded showcase of superhero films and pop culture, has been canceled for the first time in its 50-year history due to the global coro...
Apr 17, 2020
U.S. banks say cost cuts mostly out of sight during coronavirus
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall, Imani Moise and Matt Scuffham NEW YORK (Reuters) - During recessions, big U.S. banks usually turn to cost-cuts to boost results. But during the coronavirus pandemic, they ...
Apr 17, 2020
WHO unsure antibodies protect against COVID, little sign of herd immunity
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is not sure whether the presence of antibodies in blood gives full protection against reinfection with the new coronavirus, Mike Ryan, the WHO's top em...
Apr 17, 2020
‘Nature welcomes the change’: with no tourists, wildlife roams California’s Yosemite
(Reuters) - A bear ambles across a forest glade and a herd of deer stroll down a silent road. At Yosemite National Park in Northern California, coronavirus restrictions mean no tourists - and bolder w...
Apr 17, 2020
Trump says states, not U.S. government, must boost coronavirus testing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday pushed back against governors calling for the federal government to play a bigger role in ramping up and coordinating coronavirus screening...
Apr 17, 2020
Rolling Stones added to all-star lineup for Saturday’s global coronavirus concert
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones will join a star-studded global television broadcast on Saturday to honor healthcare workers on the front lines of the battle against the coronavirus pandemi...
Apr 17, 2020
New York governor says needs federal funds to reopen state
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday that he needed the federal help to ramp up testing for the novel coronavirus and to reopen his economy, and appeared to criticize the administ...
Apr 17, 2020
French nursing home learns costly lessons on containing coronavirus
By Caroline Pailliez and Matthias Galante PARIS (Reuters) - When managers at La Riviera nursing home on France's Cote D'Azur found out a resident had the COVID-19 virus, they put into action a standar...
Apr 17, 2020
Reasons for hope: the drugs, tests and tactics that may conquer coronavirus
By Christine Soares (Reuters) - With much of the world living in lockdown, the spread of the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that was first detected in China late last year is beginning to slow in some p...
Apr 17, 2020
Some U.S. states inch toward easing coronavirus curbs after Trump unveils guidelines
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some U.S. states were expected on Friday to announce timetables for lifting restrictions aimed at blunting the coronavirus pandemic, a day after President Donald ...
Apr 17, 2020
