Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. aviation unions ask Congress to extend payroll aid through March
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Six U.S. unions representing aviation workers asked Congress on Thursday to extend payroll aid through March 31, warning that hundreds of thousands of workers could lose their jobs...
Jun 25, 2020
Colorado governor orders probe of death of Black man after police encounter
(Reuters) - Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Thursday appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after an encounter with police last ye...
Jun 25, 2020
New York City legalizes electric bikes and scooters, will create e-scooter pilot program
By Tina Bellon NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York City Council on Thursday approved several bills that will legalize the private use of electric scooters and bicycles in the city's five boroughs, a cha...
Jun 25, 2020
Trump administration opens sensitive Arctic areas to oil development
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Thursday released its plan to open environmentally sensitive areas in Arctic Alaska to oil development, overturning some prote...
Jun 25, 2020
Tucson official rejects police chief’s resignation offer: media
(Reuters) - The city manager of Tucson, Arizona, Mike Ortega, said in an email he was not accepting a resignation offer from police chief Chris Magnus over the death of a man in police custody who was...
Jun 25, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 2,374,282 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 2,374,282 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 37,667 cases from its previous count, and said that th...
Jun 25, 2020
Trump administration considers ending Congress’ review of arms sales: sources
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is considering ending a long-standing system for congressional review of foreign weapons sales, congressional aides ...
Jun 25, 2020
‘Godzilla dust cloud’ drifts over U.S. Southeast, raising health concerns
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A massive plume of dust whipped up from the Sahara desert will hover over the U.S. Southeast this weekend, forecasters say, shrouding the region in a brown haze and rais...
Jun 25, 2020
Police voted out of schools in Oakland, California
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The board of education in Oakland, California, has voted to abolish its own police force, joining a growing number of U.S. school districts moving to scale back the presenc...
Jun 25, 2020
Federal Reserve to cap bank dividend payments following pandemic analysis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Thursday it will cap big bank dividend payments and bar share repurchases until at least the fourth quarter after testing bank finances aga...
Jun 25, 2020
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