Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
FBI arrests Texas man for coronavirus hoax meant to empty grocery stores
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas man is facing federal charges for allegedly posting on Facebook that he had paid a person with coronavirus to spread the virus in San Antonio-area grocery stores in a...
Apr 08, 2020
From fine to flailing – rapid declines in COVID-19 patients jar doctors, nurses
By Nick Brown and Deena Beasley (Reuters) - One medical worker called it "insane," another said it induces paranoia - the speed with which patients are declining and dying from the novel coronavirus i...
Apr 08, 2020
U.S., UK cyber officials say state-backed hackers taking advantage of outbreak
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American and British cybersecurity officials are warning that state-backed hackers and online criminals are taking advantage of the coronavirus outbreak to fur...
Apr 08, 2020
U.S. senator to liquidate individual stock shares after coronavirus flap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler said on Wednesday she would liquidate her individual stock share positions after the wealthy Republican and her husband were criticized over sales of...
Apr 08, 2020
Thune urges USDA to strengthen the integrity of the cattle market
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) -- U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today urged U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue to take further action to strengthen the integrity of the ca...
Apr 08, 2020
‘We’ll be a history project’: children in the U.S. talk about the coronavirus
(Reuters) - "I feel like 20 years from now, we'll be a history project." Children around the world are living through a moment that no generation has really experienced before. Many in the United Stat...
Apr 08, 2020
U.S. to seize exports of masks and gloves amid coronavirus crisis
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will seize exports of key protective medical gear until it determines whether the equipment should be kept in the country to combat the spread of...
Apr 08, 2020
Trump thanks India for decision on anti-malaria drug
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday thanked India for its decision to increase exports of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, an unproven treatment that Trump has promoted...
Apr 08, 2020
Saudi-led coalition to announce Yemen ceasefire at midnight: sources
DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement will announce at midnight on Wednesday it is halting military operations nationwide to support a U.N. cea...
Apr 08, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 395,011 coronavirus cases, 12,754 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 395,011 cases of the coronavirus, an increase of 20,682 cases from its previous count, and said the number o...
Apr 08, 2020
