Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
In a time of pandemic, love is in the air on Canada-U.S. border
By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Christina Kelly did not picture marrying her American sweetheart in the Peace Arch Park - a 42-acre (17-hectare) stretch of manicured lawns and neatly trimmed ...
Mar 21, 2021
Chicago suburb’s plan to pay Black residents reparations could be a national model
By Brendan O'Brien and Joseph Ax EVANSTON, Ill. (Reuters) - Decades ago, in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Cordelia Clark ran a restaurant out of her kitchen and parked cabs for her taxi company in h...
Mar 21, 2021
Miami Beach imposes 8 p.m. curfew to control spring break crowds
(Reuters) - The City of Miami Beach imposed an 8 p.m. curfew in its busiest entertainment district on Saturday in an effort to control hordes of spring break vacationers who have become unruly in rece...
Mar 20, 2021
Idaho lawmakers recess until April amid COVID-19 outbreak
(Reuters) - The Idaho State Legislature has recessed until April 6 due to a COVID-19 outbreak at the state capitol that has sidelined six lawmakers with the virus, according to local media. Six member...
Mar 20, 2021
Hundreds rally in Atlanta to support Asian American community after fatal shootings
(Reuters) - Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Saturday in support of the Asian American community after a shooting at three local day spas this week le...
Mar 20, 2021
U.S. administers 121.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 121,441,497 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 156,734,555 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Mar 20, 2021
U.S. to place some migrant families in hotels in move away from detention centers
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some migrant families arriving in the United States will be housed in hotels under a new program managed by non-profit organizations, according to a person familia...
Mar 20, 2021
Killings of Asian women renew push for tougher U.S. hate crime laws
By Nathan Layne and Andy Sullivan (Reuters) - The killings of six women of Asian descent in Georgia this week have prompted fresh calls to pass hate crime laws in the handful of states without them an...
Mar 20, 2021
U.S. sentences 14 to combined 74 years in prison for healthcare fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Friday sentenced 14 defendants to a total of more than 74 years in prison for steering patients to a defunct hospital in Texas in a $200 million kickback schem...
Mar 19, 2021
Current Cuomo staffer accuses NY governor of suggestive comments, ogling
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A current aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has accused him of ogling her body and subjecting her and a female colleague to a series of unwanted, sexually suggestive remarks,...
Mar 19, 2021
