Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. East Coast menaced by system that spawned deadly tornadoes in South
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - The death toll from a series of tornadoes that hammered the U.S. South over the weekend rose to at least 18 on Monday as rescue workers and homeowners dug through debris...
Apr 13, 2020
McDonald’s faces new class action over ‘pervasive sexual harassment’
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp has been hit with a class action lawsuit accusing it of subjecting female employees in its corporate-owned fast-food restaurants in Florida to widespread...
Apr 13, 2020
Trump: It’s my decision when to reopen U.S. economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday it was his decision when to reopen the country's economy, not that of state governors. "It is the decision of the President, and for m...
Apr 13, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump financial records cases by teleconference in May
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday it will hear arguments by teleconference next month in a high-profile dispute over whether President Donald Trump's tax and financial ...
Apr 13, 2020
Amazon to add 75,000 more jobs amid coronavirus pandemic
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it plans to hire 75,000 more people for jobs ranging from warehouse staff to delivery drivers as coronavirus epidemic kept Americans locked in their homes. (R...
Apr 13, 2020
U.S. sailor from coronavirus-hit aircraft carrier dies after contracting virus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy sailor died on Monday after contracting the coronavirus, marking the first death of a sailor assigned to the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt...
Apr 13, 2020
U.S. coronavirus outbreak could peak this week, CDC director says
By Doina Chiacu and Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coronavirus outbreak could reach its peak in the United States this week, a top U.S. health official said on Monday, pointing to signs of st...
Apr 13, 2020
U.S. Democrats call on Republicans to work toward coronavirus bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The two top Democrats in the U.S. Congress called on Republicans on Monday to work toward new bipartisan coronavirus legislation, citing a lack of funding for the national testi...
Apr 13, 2020
Pregnant American reunited with husband after UAE coronavirus quarantine
By Tarek Fahmy ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Hannah O'Reilly, who is six months pregnant, has been reunited with her husband in the United Arab Emirates after first getting stranded in the United States by th...
Apr 13, 2020
‘Elbow to elbow:’ North America meat plant workers fall ill, walk off jobs
By Tom Polansek and Rod Nickel CHICAGO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - At a Wayne Farms chicken processing plant in Alabama, workers recently had to pay the company 10 cents a day to buy masks to prote...
Apr 13, 2020
