Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Ontario extends stay-at-home order to June 2 as COVID-19 cases trend down
By Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario will extend its stay-at-home order for an additional two weeks to June 2, as COVID-19 cases finally begin to trend downwards in one of Canada's hardest h...
May 13, 2021
U.S. House panel backs $8 billion to shift USPS to EVs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday voted to authorize $8 billion to quickly shift the U.S Postal Service (USPS) to an electric vehicle delivery fleet. USP...
May 13, 2021
At private Texas event, Republican presidential hopefuls tiptoe around Trump
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A private gathering at a hotel in Austin, Texas, last week was billed as a thank you for Republican donors for a state registration drive, but it gave a clutch ...
May 13, 2021
Biden says Colonial Pipeline should be reaching full operational capacity right now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Thursday that Colonial Pipeline should be reaching full operational capacity right now and he expects to see fuel normalcy this weekend. Colonial Pip...
May 13, 2021
U.S. Trade chief Tai says solutions with EU on aircraft, metals disputes ‘within reach’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Thursday that she believes solutions to trade disputes with the European Union on aircraft subsidies and steel and aluminum tarif...
May 13, 2021
Bipartisan U.S. bill to raise merger fees for big deals passes Senate panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to increase the fees that companies planning the biggest mergers pay to government antitrust agencies and to give those agencies bigger budgets passed the Senate Judiciar...
May 13, 2021
Judge postpones trial for three ex-cops charged in George Floyd case – media report
(Reuters) - A judge has postponed the trial for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd, the Associated Press reported Thursday. The tria...
May 13, 2021
Florida governor to pardon residents facing penalties for COVID-19 violations
(Reuters) - Florida's Governor on Thursday said he would grant pardons to any residents of his state facing penalties for violating local COVID-19 curbs, saying the rules should have been recommendati...
May 13, 2021
U.S. congressman Gaetz’s friend expected to plead guilty in sex trafficking case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A friend of embattled Republican U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz is expected to plead guilty on May 17 in a sex trafficking and fraud case in a federal court in Florida, according...
May 13, 2021
Judge hears arguments about possible leak, coercion in Floyd case
By Brendan O'Brien and Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three former Minneapolis policemen accused of taking part in the killing of George Floyd claimed in court on Thursday that prosecutors leaked ...
May 13, 2021
