Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Athletics-New York City Marathon returns after 2020 COVID-19 cancellation
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - A limited field of 33,000 runners will return to the starting line for the 50th running of the New York City Marathon in November after it was cancelled last year d...
May 17, 2021
Explainer: Will attorney-client privilege apply to Giuliani’s communications?
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is clashing with prosecutors over how to determine whether materials seized from his home and offices last month are covere...
May 17, 2021
U.S. weekly deaths from COVID fall to lowest in 14 months
(Reuters) - U.S. deaths from COVID-19 last week fell to their lowest in nearly 14 months and the number of new cases continued to decline for a fifth week in a row, according to a Reuters analysis of ...
May 17, 2021
Former Minnesota police officer to make court appearance over shooting Daunte Wright
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - The white Minnesota police officer charged with manslaughter after fatally shooting the 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright during a traffic stop near Minneapolis la...
May 17, 2021
Giuliani lawyers criticize prosecutors’ conduct in Ukraine probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for Rudy Giuliani on Monday criticized federal prosecutors for their handling of a criminal probe into the former New York City mayor's business dealings in Ukraine at a t...
May 17, 2021
Biden to announce U.S. will send 20 million vaccines abroad by end of June
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden plans to announce on Monday that he will send at least 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to other countries by the end of June, marki...
May 17, 2021
New York ends COVID-19 mask requirements for vaccinated people
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state will no longer require people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to wear masks in many public spaces, adopting the new guidance issued last week by federal h...
May 17, 2021
Trump, House Democrats near agreement on Deutsche Bank subpoenas
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Monday they are near an agreement to resolve disputes concerning congressional subpoenas o...
May 17, 2021
Pandemic’s economic burden fell hardest on less-educated Americans, Fed survey shows
By Jonnelle Marte and Howard Schneider (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic had a more devastating impact on Americans with lower levels of education and those least equipped financially to handle suc...
May 17, 2021
U.S. awaits chorus of huge, 17-year cicada hatch
By Kia Johnson (Reuters) - Remember what was happening 17 years ago? The Motorola flip phone was high-tech, Facebook was brand new, George W. Bush was president, and, in some parts of the United State...
May 17, 2021
