Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Anxious Argentines, in coronavirus lockdown, bring therapy couch back home
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentines, therapy-mad at the best of times, are finding ways to bring their shrinks into their homes via phone calls and conferencing apps like Zoom as they ...
Apr 15, 2020
As coronavirus empties streets, speeders hit the gas
By Tina Bellon NEW YORK (Reuters) - Empty roads in the United States and Europe are tempting drivers to go out and shift into high gear. From Los Angeles to New York, London and Berlin, coronavirus lo...
Apr 15, 2020
Trump administration halts wildfire prevention tool in California over coronavirus
By Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. Forest Service has suspended controlled burns on public lands in wildfire-prone California because of the coronavirus pandemic, upsetting officials wh...
Apr 15, 2020
Bank of America profit nearly halves as loan loss provisions soar
(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp recorded a 48.5% fall in quarterly profit as the bank set aside $3.6 billion for potential loan losses tied to the coronavirus pandemic. Net income applicable to commo...
Apr 15, 2020
Oil slide dents futures ahead of bank earnings
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures retreated on Wednesday for a second time this week, as a slide in oil prices pressured energy stocks ahead of what is expected to be another dismal ...
Apr 15, 2020
Factbox: Biden wants a woman to be his running mate. Here are some names under consideration
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden, who has vowed to pick a woman to join his ticket, said he would appoint a committee ...
Apr 15, 2020
Despite coronavirus, Americans fight for their right to a birthday party
By Barbara Goldberg SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (Reuters) - Reuben Goodman's parents had to think fast and get creative when the COVID-19 pandemic scuppered their plans to throw a New Jersey bowling party to c...
Apr 15, 2020
Exclusive: Democrats, furious with Trump, much more keen to vote now than four years ago – Reuters/Ipsos
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Republicans in Wisconsin pushed through state elections last week in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Jessica Jaglowski donned a protective mask and head...
Apr 15, 2020
In Singapore, migrant coronavirus cases highlight containment weak link
By John Geddie and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - As Singapore wins global plaudits for its handling of the coronavirus, the disease has spread rapidly within its large migrant worker commun...
Apr 15, 2020
EU eyes mass investment through next budget to restart growth
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's next long-term budget should be used to sponsor economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic, the heads of the bloc's Brussels-based institutions said on ...
Apr 15, 2020
