Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
House considering Wednesday vote on Senate-passed business loan program: Hoyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is considering whether to hold a vote on Wednesday on a Senate-approved extension of a $660 billion lending program in an effort to help small ...
Jul 01, 2020
Boston officials vote to remove statue of Lincoln and enslaved Black man
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Boston officials have voted to remove "The Emancipation Group" statue depicting Abraham Lincoln and an enslaved Black man from a city square, saying its "reductive repr...
Jul 01, 2020
Why Amy McGrath could cost Republicans the U.S. Senate, even if she loses to Mitch McConnell
By David Morgan and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Kentucky Democrat Amy McGrath's long-shot bid to unseat U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could help undermine Republican efforts to retain th...
Jul 01, 2020
Trump administration sends out teams to guard monuments on July 4th weekend
By Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration has put special law enforcement teams in place to protect monuments it believes could be vandalized by protesters over th...
Jul 01, 2020
New York expands coronavirus testing criteria to include everyone in state
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo expanded coronavirus testing criteria to include all New Yorkers on Wednesday. "We are now opening testing to all New Yorkers," he told reporters. "...
Jul 01, 2020
WHO warns some nations still face ‘long, hard’ battle with COVID-19
GENEVA (Reuters) - Nations who fail to use all mechanisms available to combat the still-raging coronavirus will struggle to beat it, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. "Some countr...
Jul 01, 2020
China orders some American media to give details on staff, after U.S. move
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has asked four U.S. media organisations to submit details about their operations in the country, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, in what it described as retaliation f...
Jul 01, 2020
Americans more anxious about coronavirus as U.S. cases surge, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows
By Chris Kahn and Peter Szekely NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans' anxieties over the spread of the coronavirus are at the highest in more than a month, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Wednesday, as Calif...
Jul 01, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. delays diplomats’ return to China amid concerns over coronavirus testing, quarantine
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has postponed flights for dozens of diplomats who had planned to return to China later this month, after failing to reach agreement with Beiji...
Jul 01, 2020
Fox News fires anchor for sexual misconduct
(Reuters) - Fox News said on Wednesday it had fired Ed Henry, co-anchor of "America's Newsroom," over claims of "willful sexual misconduct" involving a co-worker from years ago. The cable news network...
Jul 01, 2020
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