Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. coronavirus deaths approach 30,000 – Reuters tally
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - Total U.S. coronavirus deaths were approaching 30,000 on Wednesday, after a record single-day increase in COVID-19-related fatalities the prior day, according to a Reuters...
Apr 15, 2020
Exclusive: Major U.S. airlines plan to apply for government loans in addition to grants
(Reuters) - Numerous major U.S. airlines are preparing to apply this week for a $25 billion U.S. government loan program after winning billions in federal payroll grants, people familiar with the matt...
Apr 15, 2020
‘Don’t go to the ER’: how a New York pediatrician is dealing with the coronavirus outbreak
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When a 3-year-old patient of New York pediatrician Dr. Greg Gulbransen dislocated her arm, he told her parents not to take her to the emergency care center, fearing that could put...
Apr 15, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump financial records cases on May 12
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday announced it will hear a dispute over whether President Donald Trump's tax and financial records should b...
Apr 15, 2020
New York coronavirus hospitalizations down for second day: governor
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that hospitalizations due to the novel coronavirus declined for a second day and that his state's healthcare system has stabilized to the p...
Apr 15, 2020
Justice Department watchdog to inspect federal prisons’ handling of novel coronavirus outbreaks
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department's inspector general said on Wednesday his office had launched "remote inspections" to review whether the federal Bureau of Prisons ...
Apr 15, 2020
As pandemic lingers, U.S. House looking ‘very closely’ at remote voting
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is now looking "very closely" at how its members could vote from outside the Capitol as a coronavirus-forced recess looks poi...
Apr 15, 2020
Supplies for coronavirus field hospital held up at U.S.-Mexico border
By Julia Love and Mica Rosenberg (Reuters) - Red tape and rules on exporting medical gear have delayed work on a field hospital for migrants in an asylum camp near Mexico's border with Texas, undercut...
Apr 15, 2020
Trump administration aims to buy milk, meat to help farmers hit by coronavirus: Perdue
(Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to buy milk and meat from U.S. farmers as part of an initial $15.5 billion effort to help them weather the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, Agriculture Se...
Apr 15, 2020
Mourning a ‘supermom’: U.S. health worker casualties mount in virus fight
By Gabriella Borter and Kristina Cooke NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Home soon," Madhvi Aya texted from her hospital bed. "Love you." It was the last exchange she had with her only daughter, 18-year-old Minno...
Apr 15, 2020
