Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden’s Justice Department picks for civil rights, environment to face Senate panel
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's nominees to lead the Justice Department's civil rights and environmental units are due to face questions from the Senate Judiciary Commit...
Apr 14, 2021
Biden police reform pledge faces limits of presidential power
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly a year after President Joe Biden called for "real action" on police brutality as part of a pledge to fix U.S. racial inequality, he is coming up again...
Apr 14, 2021
Explainer – More guns than people: Why tighter U.S. firearms laws are unlikely
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden announced limited measures to tackle gun violence in the United States last week, but more ambitious steps will be harder to enact despite w...
Apr 14, 2021
Vietnamese Americans start self-defense course in wake of Atlanta shootings
By Daniel Trotta GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (Reuters) - When tragedy struck across the country in Georgia, Tam Nguyen helped fellow members of his Southern California Vietnamese-American community start def...
Apr 14, 2021
Six rescued, several missing after boat capsizes off Louisiana coast
(Reuters) - Six people were rescued near the coast of Louisiana after a commercial boat capsized about eight miles off Port Fourchon on the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard said late Tuesday. Abou...
Apr 14, 2021
Atlanta school to drop Confederate general’s name and honor Hank Aaron: NYT
(Reuters) - A public school in Atlanta, Georgia which carried the name of a Confederate general will be renamed after Hank Aaron, honoring the legendary baseball player who battled racism in the proce...
Apr 13, 2021
White officer who shot and paralyzed Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, returned to duty
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - A white policeman cleared of criminal wrongdoing after shooting an African-American man in the back last August in Kenosha, Wisconsin, igniting deadly protests that helped ...
Apr 13, 2021
U.S. Capitol Police were told not to use most aggressive tactics during Jan. 6 riot: NY Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Capitol Police officers were told by their leaders not to use their most aggressive tactics to stop the mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 despite advance warnings abo...
Apr 13, 2021
Fiery Connecticut crash of vintage plane blamed on pilot missteps, faulty maintenance
By Peter Szekely (Reuters) - The pilot of a World War Two-era B-17 that was crippled by engine trouble minutes after takeoff failed take steps that could have averted a fiery 2019 crash landing near H...
Apr 13, 2021
Biden vows to keep pushing for ‘significant change’ for Black Americans
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday underscored his determination to address concerns about policing, prisons and massive economic disparities faced by Black Am...
Apr 13, 2021
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