Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. weekly jobless claims stuck at higher levels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, but remained perched at extremely high levels as the labor market recovery shifts into low ge...
Sep 17, 2020
White House’s Meadows says he will meet airline CEOs Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said he would meet with airline CEOs on Thursday as industry workers face layoffs, and he urged lawmakers to embrace a $1.5 trillion coro...
Sep 17, 2020
Curiosity high for TV’s anything-can-happen virtual Emmys
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California may be burning and the United States is in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic, but Hollywood is hoping that there might be some relief in a...
Sep 17, 2020
One in 7 reported COVID-19 infections is among health workers, WHO says
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - One in seven cases of COVID-19 reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) is a health worker and in some countries that figure rises to one in three, the a...
Sep 17, 2020
NIH launches trial of Rigel drug for severe COVID-19
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - The U.S. National Institutes of Health on Thursday launched a clinical trial of fostamatinib, currently used to treat a blood platelet-destroying autoimmune disorder, in p...
Sep 17, 2020
Moderna would seek limited emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine based on early data
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - If Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine proves to be at least 70 percent effective, the company plans to seek emergency authorization for its use in high-risk groups...
Sep 17, 2020
Coca-Cola bottlers are feeling flat, even as U.S. grocery sales sparkle
By Richa Naidu and Martinne Geller CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) - Martin Williams' great-grandfather founded their Coca-Cola distribution business in Corinth, Mississippi, in 1907, just a handful of years...
Sep 17, 2020
Bruised dollar may bounce if U.S. election gets chaotic
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some investors are betting that a bout of election-induced volatility may be just the thing to give the battered dollar a reprieve from its months-long...
Sep 17, 2020
U.S. plans for hundreds of millions of cheap, fast COVID-19 tests
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturers are sharply increasing production of cheap, fast - but less accurate - COVID-19 tests, aiming for 100 million per month by year end that will enable sc...
Sep 17, 2020
Mercury released by permafrost thaw puts Yukon River fish at risk: study
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - If carbon emissions continue at current rates, so much mercury will leach from thawing permafrost that fish in the Yukon River could become dangerous to eat withi...
Sep 17, 2020
