Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Ex-NYU hospital employee who refused flu vaccine sues over his firing
By Jonathan Stempel A former employee at NYU Langone Medical Center sued the New York City hospital on Friday, claiming it illegally fired him because he refused on religious grounds to obtain a manda...
Apr 03, 2020
Supreme Court postpones April oral arguments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court has postponed oral arguments scheduled for April as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, a spokeswoman said on Friday. The court, which had already delay...
Apr 03, 2020
‘Crazy amounts of chicken’ and masks – a small Washington grocer’s typical day
By Raphael Satter (Reuters) - A tall, surgical mask-wearing young man stands at the entrance as customers line up outside. A sign at the door - illustrated with stick figures drawn by the co-owner's 6...
Apr 03, 2020
Any one near Trump or Pence will be given rapid coronavirus test: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the coronavirus contagion spreading, the White House said on Friday that anyone expected to be near President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence will be given a rapi...
Apr 03, 2020
U.S. Army Corps looking at over 650 sites for facilities to help combat coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Army Corps of Engineers has looked at more than 650 sites around the United States that could be potentially used as facilities to help deal with the coronavirus, the comman...
Apr 03, 2020
Senators call on Pentagon Inspector General to probe Navy carrier commander’s firing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Democratic senators formally requested on Friday that the Pentagon's independent Inspector General immediately open an investigation into the Navy's firing of the commander ...
Apr 03, 2020
CDC reports 239,279 coronavirus cases, 5,443 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 239,279 cases of coronavirus, an increase of 26,135 cases from its previous count, and said the number of death...
Apr 03, 2020
U.S. prosecutors resist calls to free inmates as coronavirus spreads
By Brad Heath and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five inmates at a federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, have died since March 28 after contracting the coronavirus. Harold Lee's family fears he...
Apr 03, 2020
Ex-White House candidate Buttigieg forms PAC to support ‘forward-thinking’ Democrats
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, whose presidential campaign became a top fundraiser in the crowded Democratic primary, is forming a political ac...
Apr 03, 2020
