Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
New York City ordered to better protect Rikers jail officers
(Reuters) - New York City must provide corrections officers at Rikers Island jail with protective masks, monitor their temperatures for signs of coronavirus and increase sanitation of their work space...
Apr 04, 2020
Exclusive: Pressed by Trump, U.S. pushed unproven coronavirus treatment guidance
By Marisa Taylor and Aram Roston WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In mid-March, President Donald Trump personally pressed federal health officials to make malaria drugs available to treat the novel coronavirus,...
Apr 04, 2020
Number of infected crew on U.S. aircraft carrier rises to 155: Navy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of crew on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier who have tested positive for the coronavirus has risen 13% in the past 24 hours to 155, the Navy said on Saturd...
Apr 04, 2020
More than 600 dead in New York state in a day from coronavirus
By Gabriella Borter NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coronavirus-related illnesses killed 630 people in the last day in New York state, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday, in the worst 24 hours yet for the U....
Apr 04, 2020
The Americans defying Palm Sunday quarantines: ‘Satan’s trying to keep us apart’
By Michelle Conlin and Rich McKay (Reuters) - Her house sits on a tidy, peaceful suburban street outside Cincinnati. For the past few weeks, she has been doing everything right: sheltering at home and...
Apr 04, 2020
Italy coronavirus death toll rises by 681, intensive care falls
MILAN (Reuters) - The death toll from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 681 to 15,362, a somewhat lower rise than those seen in recent days, while the number of patients in intensive care fell fo...
Apr 04, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 277,205 coronavirus cases, 6,593 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 277,205 cases of coronavirus, an increase of 37,926 cases from its previous count, and said the number of dea...
Apr 04, 2020
American seders go online on a Passover night different from all others
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Esther Greenberg loves watching her children and grandchildren gather around the Passover seder table and slurp her matzoh ball soup. "Seeing everybody who is ...
Apr 04, 2020
Trump says will ask Congress for more small business funds if money runs out
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would ask Congress for more money to make loans to small businesses struggling with the economic fallout from the coronavirus out...
Apr 04, 2020
Top U.S. watchdog vows ‘aggressive’ oversight of Trump administration after intel firing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. federal watchdog vowed on Saturday to continue to conduct "aggressive" independent oversight of government agencies, after President Donald Trump fired the inspecto...
Apr 04, 2020
