Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
New York state coronavirus hospitalizations fall for first time: governor
(Reuters) - The total number of people hospitalized in New York fell for the first time since the onset of the coronavirus outbreak, a further sign the state at the epicenter may be at the peak of its...
Apr 14, 2020
Explainer: How smartphone apps can help ‘contact trace’ the new coronavirus
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - A global race is on to develop smartphone apps and other types of mobile phone surveillance systems to track and contain the spread of the novel coronavirus....
Apr 14, 2020
Appeals court upholds Jeffrey Epstein’s non-prosecution deal
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a 2007 deal between federal prosecutors and Jeffrey Epstein that allowed the financier to avoid federal sex trafficking charges, finding it did no...
Apr 14, 2020
Fauci: May 1 target for reopening U.S. economy ‘overly optimistic’ – AP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, said on Tuesday that a May 1 target date for reopening the economy was "a bit overly optimistic," citing a lack of critica...
Apr 14, 2020
Trump to announce ventilator loan plan to fight virus
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is to announce a loan program on Tuesday with the aim of making as many as 60,000 ventilators available to help coronavirus patients...
Apr 14, 2020
U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 24,000: Reuters tally
(Reuters) - U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 24,000 on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, as officials debated how to reopen the economy without reigniting the outbreak. The United St...
Apr 14, 2020
U.S. sailor from coronavirus-hit aircraft carrier in ICU
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sailor from the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt was in the intensive care unit (ICU) in Guam, the Navy said on Tuesday, a day after a sailor from the ...
Apr 14, 2020
Trump to make announcements on reopening U.S. economy in next day or two: adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will make a number of "key, vital" announcements about re-opening the U.S. economy in the next day or two, his top economic adviser said on Tuesday. "In t...
Apr 14, 2020
U.S. awards airports $10 billion in grants amid travel falloff
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday awarded nearly $10 billion to U.S. airports struggling with a massive falloff in travel demand because of the c...
Apr 14, 2020
Boeing 737 MAX cancellations mount amid production halt
(Reuters) - Boeing Co on Tuesday reported another 75 cancellations for its 737 MAX jetliner in March, as the coronavirus crisis worsens disruptions from the grounding of its best-selling jet. The U.S....
Apr 14, 2020
