Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Amid coronavirus, reduced voting sites in Kentucky, elsewhere a ‘recipe for disaster’
By John Whitesides (Reuters) - Kentucky, New York and four other states face another possibly messy day of voting on Tuesday amid the coronavirus outbreak, as officials try to balance a crush of absen...
Jun 23, 2020
AOC, other progressive U.S. Democrats fight to expand influence with Tuesday primaries
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York state holds primary elections on Tuesday to determine the fate of progressive Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other U.S. House members, tes...
Jun 23, 2020
Have gun will travel: Coronavirus at meat plants builds demand for mobile butchers
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Slaughtering cattle is a solitary, but personal business for Gerrit vande Bruinhorst, 55, the mobile butcher of Picture Butte, Alberta. On this day, vande ...
Jun 23, 2020
Rayshard Brooks to be mourned at Atlanta funeral after fatal police shooting
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - Mourners are expected to fill the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church on Tuesday afternoon for the funeral of Rayshard Brooks, a Black man who was shot and killed by pol...
Jun 23, 2020
Saudi pressures former intelligence official’s family, seeks access to documents
LONDON (Reuters) - As Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman moved to tighten his grip on power over the past few years, detaining senior royals and opponents, one person has eluded him: a former top-...
Jun 23, 2020
U.S. plans more nuclear arms talks with Russia, maybe in July or August
VIENNA (Reuters) - Russia and the United States hope to meet for a second round of nuclear arms control talks in Vienna as soon as practicable, possibly in late July or early August, the U.S. envoy to...
Jun 23, 2020
Seattle plans to dismantle occupied protest zone after shootings
(Reuters) - Seattle authorities, alarmed by two weekend shootings, plan to start dismantling six blocks of streets in a part of the city occupied by activists protesting against police brutality and r...
Jun 23, 2020
Ex-U.S. marine, jailed in Russia, will not appeal 16-year sentence: Ifax cites lawyer
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former U.S. marine Paul Whelan, who was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison for espionage last week, will not appeal against his sentence, the Interfax news agency reported on...
Jun 23, 2020
Indian and Chinese military agree to disengage on disputed Himalayan border
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Huizhong Wu NEW DELHI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Indian and Chinese military commanders have agreed to disengage forces facing off over a disputed stretch of border where a clash last ...
Jun 23, 2020
Beijing says it will respond if Washington keeps targeting Chinese media
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday that it will have to respond if Washington does not stop targeting Chinese media organisations operating in the United States. Chinese foreign ministry spokes...
Jun 23, 2020
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