Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. reports lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in nearly a year
(Reuters) - The United States last week reported the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in nearly a year, with new infections dropping 26% from the previous seven days to just under 180,000, accordin...
May 24, 2021
White House says Biden will sign bill allowing cruise ships to return to Alaska
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden will sign the Alaska tourism bill on Monday, allowing cruise ships to return to the state this year. "This law wil...
May 24, 2021
Protest and reflection: A year after the death of George Floyd
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Bettye and Robert Freeman were sitting in their Boston living room when they heard the clamor on the street outside. After 51 years of marriage, they walked out to their sto...
May 24, 2021
Biden to double funding to U.S. program that helps prepare for extreme weather events -Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday will pledge $1 billion to a U.S. government program called Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities that helps communities prepare fo...
May 24, 2021
Former Trump ambassador sues Pompeo, U.S. government for legal fees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gordon Sondland, the former U.S. ambassador who testified against President Donald Trump during his first impeachment, sued former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the U.S. go...
May 24, 2021
U.S. has received 2,500 unruly airline passenger reports since Jan. 1
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday that airlines have referred about 2,500 unruly-passenger reports to the agency this year, including 1,900 cases for...
May 24, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs inmate’s firing squad request
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to let a Missouri death row inmate with significant health problems pursue his effort to face execution by firing squ...
May 24, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs case over city liability in police shootings
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case over whether to make it easier to hold municipalities liable for civil rights violations committed by their polic...
May 24, 2021
Biden condemns attacks on U.S. Jewish community as ‘despicable’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday condemned violence against the Jewish community after a string of attacks amid the conflict between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers. "The recen...
May 24, 2021
New York City schools to resume in-class learning, mayor says
NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York City's school system, the largest in the country, will return to in-person instruction for all of its 1.1 million students from its current hybrid schedule in September, M...
May 24, 2021
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