Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
New U.S. COVID cases fall for third week, deaths lowest since July
(Reuters) - New cases of COVID-19 in the United States fell for a third week in a row, dropping 15% last week to 347,000, the lowest weekly total since October, according to a Reuters analysis of stat...
May 03, 2021
Los Angeles Times names Kevin Merida executive editor
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Times on Monday named Kevin Merida as its executive editor, the 19th person to lead the newspaper in its 139-year history. Merida had previously served as e...
May 03, 2021
North Carolina Black man whose police shooting death is being probed to be laid to rest
By Jonathan Drake ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (Reuters) - Mourners gathered on Monday to remember Andrew Brown, a Black man whose shooting death by North Carolina sheriff's deputies trying to arrest him is u...
May 03, 2021
Most pandemic-era capacity restrictions to end in tri-state area May 19 -NY governor Cuomo
(Reuters) - Most coronavirus capacity restrictions on activities including retail stores, food services and gyms will end on May 19 in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, New Y...
May 03, 2021
NY state lawyer calls NRA bankruptcy ‘sideshow’ in trial closing
By Maria Chutchian (Reuters) - A lawyer for New York Attorney General Letitia James called the National Rifle Association's bankruptcy bid "a circus sideshow" during closing arguments on Monday in a c...
May 03, 2021
Biden admin proposes phase out of climate-damaging refrigerant
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed a rule to slash the use of a potent climate-warming gas commonly used in refrigerators and air conditi...
May 03, 2021
Exclusive-Senate pushes FBI on intelligence “fail” on the Proud Boys
By Aram Roston WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee chair is pressing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to explain how it failed to anticipate the violence of Jan. 6, despite h...
May 03, 2021
Nine major sports unions join forces to oppose U.S. state voting restrictions
(Reuters) - Nine major U.S. sports unions joined together on Monday to declare their opposition to state legislative efforts restricting the right to vote. A number of voting rights groups say the res...
May 03, 2021
U.S. manufacturing sector slows in April amid supply challenges
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing activity grew at a slower pace in April, likely constrained by shortages of inputs amid pent-up demand unleashed by rising vaccinations and ...
May 03, 2021
Aviation, travel groups urge fully reopening US-UK travel market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition of U.S. and European travel, airline, union, business and airport groups on Monday called for fully reopening the U.S.-UK air travel market "as soon as safely possib...
May 03, 2021
