Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Grand jury indicts four former police officers in George Floyd’s death
(Reuters) - A federal grand jury on Friday indicted four ex-police officers involved in the arrest and death of George Floyd on charges they violated Floyd's civil rights while carrying out the arrest...
May 07, 2021
CEA’s Bernstein: Jobs report shows ‘steep climb’ still ahead
(Reuters) - The disappointing U.S. employment report for April shows the economy still has a long road ahead to recover from the losses suffered in the coronavirus pandemic, but the shortfall does not...
May 07, 2021
U.S. screens 1.64 million people at airports, highest since March 2020
(Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it screened 1.64 million passengers on Thursday at U.S. airports, the highest number since March 2020, when the coronavirus pande...
May 07, 2021
U.S.’s Harris to discuss immigration with Mexican leader Friday
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will meet virtually with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday to discuss immigration policies, her second ti...
May 07, 2021
How confusion around Biden policies birthed a new refugee camp on the U.S. border
By Mimi Dwyer and Lizbeth Diaz TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - A red pickup truck pulls up next to a migrant tent encampment in the Mexican city of Tijuana, its bed filled with loaves of bread and clothes...
May 07, 2021
Analysis-Out of power in Washington, Republicans pursue hard-right agenda across the country
By James Oliphant and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shut out of power in Washington, Republicans are using their dominance in state houses across the country to oppose Democratic President Joe B...
May 07, 2021
Analysis: U.S. Labor Secretary’s next move on gig workers likely to include company probes – experts
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh's move this week to block a rule making it easier to classify gig workers as independent contractors is just a first step in wha...
May 07, 2021
‘You feel naked’: Some Americans hesitate to shed masks despite eased outdoor rules
By Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anita Glick felt somewhat liberated as she walked her friend's dog around Washington's Capitol Hill neighborhood this week, her face mask looped around a wri...
May 07, 2021
Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will not seek re-election
(Reuters) - Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who was seen as a possible running mate for Joe Biden in last year's U.S. presidential election, said on Thursday she will not seek a second term in off...
May 07, 2021
U.S. move to loosen vaccine patents will draw drug companies to bargain: lawyers
By Michael Erman and Blake Brittain (Reuters) - U.S. support for waiving intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines could be a tactic to convince drugmakers to back less drastic steps like shar...
May 07, 2021
