Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump says he thinks U.S. will lose fewer than 100,000 lives to coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that he thinks the United States will lose fewer than the initially projected 100,000 lives to COVID-19. Trump suggested that the United St...
Apr 10, 2020
Exclusive: Inside Trump’s standoff with South Korea over defense costs
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper rang his South Korean counterpart this week, he pressed for a deal quickly on defense cost-sharing that Pre...
Apr 10, 2020
New U.S. projections show summer spike if coronavirus restrictions lifted: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. government figures show coronavirus infections will spike during the summer if stay-at-home orders are lifted at 30 days as planned, the New York Times reported on Frid...
Apr 10, 2020
‘Herculean task’: Chicago public schools scramble to launch online classes
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - During a typical school day at Chicago's Benito Juarez Community Academy, James Klock's high-school students can be found splicing and connecting wiring, getting...
Apr 10, 2020
Apple, Google to create contact tracing technology to fight coronavirus spread
By Stephen Nellis and Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday that they will work together to create contact tracing technology that aims to slow the spread of the c...
Apr 10, 2020
Global coronavirus death toll hits 100,000, cases over 1.6 million
By Cate Cadell (Reuters) - The number of deaths linked to the novel coronavirus reached 100,000 on Friday, as the tally of cases passed 1.6 million, according to a Reuters tally. The first death came ...
Apr 10, 2020
3M sues distributor for alleged price gouging of N95 respirators in New York
(Reuters) - 3M Co said it filed a lawsuit against Performance Supply LLC on Friday, alleging that the New Jersey-based company had posed as an authorized vendor of 3M-branded N95 respirators and offer...
Apr 10, 2020
New York sees first slight drop in intensive care unit patients in a day: governor
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday that the number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units across the state dropped in the last day, offering a glimm...
Apr 10, 2020
He smiled to comfort his COVID-19 patient – then he realized his mask was leaking
(Editors note: Attention to expletives in 4th and 9th paragraphs that some may find offensive.) By Nick Brown NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sam remembers the moment he realized he could no longer smile at pati...
Apr 10, 2020
U.S. railroad Amtrak receives $1 billion in emergency funding
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department said Friday it released $1 billion in emergency funding for U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak, which has been devastated by t...
Apr 10, 2020
