Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump speaks with pharmaceutical, biotech CEOs about coronavirus therapies – spokeswoman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday spoke with the heads of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to discuss developments in therapeutics to fight coronavirus, according to Wh...
Apr 06, 2020
Top U.S. chefs seek restaurant help from Congress
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top chefs including Tom Colicchio on Monday wrote to the U.S. Congress, seeking more help for independent restaurants amid the coronavirus crisis, including changes...
Apr 06, 2020
Milken conference pushed back again as coronavirus crisis deepens
(Reuters) - The Milken Institute said on Monday its global conference has been pushed back again to October from July as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the United States. The year...
Apr 06, 2020
UK Prime Minister Johnson in intensive care after COVID-19 worsens
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been taken into the intensive care unit in hospital after his COVID-19 worsened, his office said on Monday. (Reporting by Paul Sandle; editi...
Apr 06, 2020
Facebook asks users about coronavirus symptoms, releases friendship data to researchers
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday it would start surveying some U.S. users about their health as part of a Carnegie Mellon University research project aimed at genera...
Apr 06, 2020
Former media executives indicted in U.S. FIFA probe
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Monday announced new criminal charges against two former executives of 21st Century Fox Inc and others stemming from a long-running investig...
Apr 06, 2020
Europe dares to consider easing lockdowns as U.S. enters ‘peak death week’
By Emma Pinedo and Marcus Wacket MADRID/BERLIN (Reuters) - European nations including hard-hit Italy and Spain have started looking ahead to easing coronavirus lockdowns after steady falls in fatality...
Apr 06, 2020
Wisconsin governor postpones Tuesday’s election until June
(Reuters) - Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Monday postponed Tuesday's primary election until June 9, citing the coronavirus outbreak. "The bottom line is that I have an obligation to keep people saf...
Apr 06, 2020
In fight for masks, hospital janitors sometimes come last
By Nick Brown and Kristina Cooke (Reuters) - Katina McDavis spends 40 hours a week cleaning hospital rooms at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Masks are in short supply these days. So, too, ...
Apr 06, 2020
Two Iowa meat plants close as coronavirus outbreak spreads
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc said on Monday it shut an Iowa hog slaughterhouse after more than 24 cases of COVID-19 involving employees at the facility, in the latest disruption to the U.S. foo...
Apr 06, 2020
