Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
New York grand jury votes not to indict police officers for Daniel Prude death
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A grand jury in New York state voted not to indict police officers for the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died of asphyxiation while in police custody in March 2020 in the...
Feb 23, 2021
Former NYPD officer charged in January 6 attack on Capitol police
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former New York City police officer has been charged with using an aluminum pole to attack a U.S. Capitol officer during the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol bu...
Feb 23, 2021
Colorado city to establish independent police monitor in wake of Elijah McClain’s death
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - U.S. officials in a Colorado city where a young Black man died in police custody in 2019 say their system of accountability failed. The acknowledgement on Tuesday c...
Feb 23, 2021
Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at age 101
By Bill Trott (Reuters) - Poet and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, whose City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco became a West Coast literary haven for Beat Generation writers like Jack Kerouac and Al...
Feb 23, 2021
American poet and writer Lawrence Ferlinghetti has died at age 101: NY Times
(Reuters) - American poet and political iconoclast Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet who inspired generations of writers and artists in San Francisco from his bookstore City Lights has died, the New Yor...
Feb 23, 2021
U.S. Justice Dept revives probe into George Floyd’s death: NY Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has revived its investigation into the death of George Floyd, empanelling a new grand jury and calling new witnesses as part of its probe of forme...
Feb 23, 2021
BNSF fuel train collision causes fire in gasoline cars near Cameron, Texas
(Reuters) - A BNSF train carrying fuel collided with a truck near Cameron, Texas, causing fire in gasoline-carrying cars and prompting an evacuation in the vicinity, the company said on Twitter. "Five...
Feb 23, 2021
White House says appointing members to U.S. Postal Service board of governors is a priority
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday it is a priority to appoint members to the U.S. Postal Service board of governors but that it has no timeline. "It is a priority for the Presiden...
Feb 23, 2021
Wife of Mexican drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ appears in U.S. court on charges of helping him
By Sarah N. Lynch and Jonathan Stempel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Mexican drug cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, made her initial appearance in a federal court in...
Feb 23, 2021
Biden will travel to winter storm-battered Texas on Friday -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Texas on Friday, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday. The state has been battered by a winter storm ...
Feb 23, 2021
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