Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
China reports 46 new coronavirus cases in mainland
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported 46 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the mainland, the same as a day earlier, according to the country's health authority on Thursday. Of the new cases on We...
Apr 15, 2020
Exclusive: New York taps McKinsey to develop ‘Trump-proof’ economic reopening plan
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has hired high-powered consultants to develop a science-based plan for the safe economic reopening of the region that can thwart expected ...
Apr 15, 2020
Trump says US investigating whether virus came from Wuhan lab
By Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan, C...
Apr 15, 2020
After ‘death warrant’ coronavirus showdown, Republican Congressman sees fundraising surge
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican congressman who thought he signed his political "death warrant" when he enraged U.S. President Donald Trump by slowing the $2.3 trillion coronav...
Apr 15, 2020
Four states ask EPA for nationwide waiver from biofuel laws due to coronavirus: letter
(Reuters) - The governors of four U.S. states on Wednesday asked the Trump administration for a nationwide waiver exempting the oil refining industry from the nation's biofuel laws to help it weather ...
Apr 15, 2020
Asia stocks set to tumble as investors fear worst recession since 1930s
By Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks look set to tumble on Thursday, as fears that the world is in its worst recession since the 1930s were heightened by data showing U.S. retailers suffe...
Apr 15, 2020
Trump threatens to adjourn U.S. Congress
By Steve Holland and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to either force the U.S. Congress to formally adjourn, or return to the Capitol despit...
Apr 15, 2020
Illinois projects sharp revenue drop due to coronavirus fallout
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak will cost Illinois $7.3 billion in revenue for the current and next fiscal year, Governor J.B. Pritzker announced on Wednesday. Reven...
Apr 15, 2020
Gates ups pandemic funds to $250 million, says Trump WHO move makes ‘no sense’
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Pulling funding from the World Health Organization (WHO) is a dangerous and nonsensical move when the world is facing the health crisis brought by the COVID-19 disea...
Apr 15, 2020
Texas judge allows vote by mail amid coronavirus fears
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A county judge in Texas said on Wednesday he would allow mail-in ballots from any voters who fear for their health because of the coronavirus pandemic, attorneys involved in ...
Apr 15, 2020
