Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Key EU states agree coronavirus economic rescue: diplomats
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands reached an agreement on Thursday evening on an economic support package against coronavirus epidemic, paving the way for a deal a...
Apr 09, 2020
New York City hires laborers to bury dead in Hart Island potter’s field amid coronavirus surge
By Lucas Jackson and Brendan McDermid NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City officials have hired contract laborers to bury the dead in its potter's field on Hart Island as the city's daily death rate fro...
Apr 09, 2020
Exclusive: Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer, in solitary confinement
By Aram Roston and Mark Hosenball (Reuters) - Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, has been placed in solitary confinement at a federal prison in New York state where...
Apr 09, 2020
U.S. local news outlets need government rescue: lawmakers, trade groups
By David Shepardson and Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four groups representing local newspapers and broadcast media outlets on Thursday asked U.S. lawmakers to provide assistance amid rising ...
Apr 09, 2020
On Holy Thursday, pope hails front-line ‘saints’ helping virus victims
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis presided at a scaled-down Holy Thursday Mass in an empty St. Peter's Basilica, praising ordinary doctors, nurses and priests who risk their liv...
Apr 09, 2020
UK PM Johnson moves out of intensive care
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has moved out of intensive care as he continues to recover from COVID-19, a spokesman said on Thursday. "The Prime Minister has been moved this ...
Apr 09, 2020
Uber to give drivers millions of face masks to battle coronavirus
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday said it plans to ship millions of face masks to its active drivers and food delivery people around the world to help prevent the spread of ...
Apr 09, 2020
U.S. SEC settles with two traders over hack of its EDGAR filing system
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday it had settled with two traders who allegedly profited from hacking into its EDGAR electronic filing system by steal...
Apr 09, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 427,460 coronavirus cases, 14,696 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 427,460 cases of coronavirus, an increase of 32,449 cases from its previous count, and said the number of dea...
Apr 09, 2020
New York sees drop in new hospitalizations, deaths keep rising
(Reuters) - New York saw a sharp drop in the number of people newly admitted to a hospital in the past 24 hours to the lowest level in the coronavirus crisis, a sign that social distancing steps are w...
Apr 09, 2020
