Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Liberal projected to win hotly contested Wisconsin Supreme Court seat
(Reuters) - Liberal challenger Jill Karofsky won a hotly contested race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday, beating a conservative incumbent in state elections marred by court challenges and wo...
Apr 13, 2020
Asia shares seen higher but economic woes may cap gains
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks were set for a modest bounce on Tuesday as U.S. stock futures edged higher, although fears the coronavirus could drag on the global economy for months are likely to t...
Apr 13, 2020
42 dead in coronavirus outbreak at Virginia nursing home, more expected
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Forty-two residents of a Virginia nursing home near Richmond have died from the COVID-19 disease pandemic in one of the worst clusters of the new coronavirus in the United St...
Apr 13, 2020
Trump says plan to re-open shuttered U.S. economy to be completed soon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration was close to completing a plan to re-open the U.S. economy, which has been largely shut down to slow the spread of ...
Apr 13, 2020
U.S. attorney general highlights ‘new threat’ to security from drones
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday issued guidance to Justice Department agencies on the use of protective measures against drones, including the d...
Apr 13, 2020
Disney enters $5 billion credit agreement
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co said on Monday it has entered an unsecured credit agreement for $5 billion, at a time when companies across industries are scrambling to bolster their liquidity to weather t...
Apr 13, 2020
Exxon raises $9.5 billion to load up on cash while debt market still open to new deals
By Joshua Franklin NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp on Monday raised $9.5 billion in new debt, with the largest U.S. oil producer seeking to bolster its finances while debt markets remain open to...
Apr 13, 2020
U.S. Census will ramp up count June 1, results delayed four months due to coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Census Bureau, which stopped some of its work last month because of the new coronavirus, said on Monday that it planned to ramp up again beginning on June 1 but would need m...
Apr 13, 2020
New ventilator-sharing device eases treatment of two COVID-19 patients at once
By Manas Mishra (Reuters) - A hospital in Connecticut has successfully employed a new 3D-printed device that makes it possible to modify one ventilator for use in two critically ill patients with COVI...
Apr 13, 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 13, 2020
