Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Alleged Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell being held at ‘well-run’ jail, local lawyers say
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, is being detained at a New Hampshire jail where she is likely separated from other inmates and under constant sur...
Jul 03, 2020
Colorado police officers fired after photos mocking death of Black man surface
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Three Colorado police officers were fired and a fourth resigned after they shared photographs they took of themselves re-enacting a chokehold officers used to subdu...
Jul 03, 2020
Ecuador indigenous group holds hostage police, official; demand return of corpse amid pandemic
CARACAS (Reuters) - An indigenous group in the Ecuadorean Amazon has taken two police officers and a state official hostage to demand authorities return the body of a community leader who according to...
Jul 03, 2020
Canada suspends its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, eyes immigration boost
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in the wake of new Chinese national security legislation and could boost immigration from the former Br...
Jul 03, 2020
Botswana top vet defends investigations into unexplained elephant deaths
By Brian Benza and Alexander Winning GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana's top wildlife vet on Friday dismissed accusations from some conservationists that the government had not moved quickly enough to inv...
Jul 03, 2020
Prehistoric ochre mining operation found in submerged Mexican caves
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers diving into dark submerged caves on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula have found evidence of an ambitious mining operation starting 12,000 years ago and last...
Jul 03, 2020
Putin mocks U.S. embassy for flying rainbow flag
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Friday mocked the U.S. embassy in Moscow for flying a rainbow flag to celebrate LGBT rights, suggesting it reflected the sexual orientation of its staff....
Jul 03, 2020
Global coronavirus cases exceed 11 million
By Alistair Bell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global coronavirus cases exceeded 11 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking another milestone in the spread of the disease that has killed mor...
Jul 03, 2020
Washington Redskins owner opens door to possible name change
(Reuters) - Under mounting pressure from sponsors and Native American rights groups, Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder said on Friday he would consider changing the team's name. Snyder, who has pre...
Jul 03, 2020
Miami mayor imposes nightly curfew to fight Florida coronavirus surge
By Peter Szekely (Reuters) - The number of coronavirus cases in Florida jumped again on Friday as the mayor of the state's biggest city imposed a nightly curfew and rolled backed the reopening of ente...
Jul 03, 2020
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