Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump says U.S. will not lock down again amid rising coronavirus cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States would not close businesses again as several states reported rising numbers of new coronavirus infections. "We won...
Jun 17, 2020
South Korea’s nuclear envoy visits U.S. amid flaring tension with North
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator will visit officials in Washington on Thursday amid flaring tensions with North Korea after Pyongyang blew up an inter-Korean l...
Jun 17, 2020
Asian stocks set to fall as Wall St snaps 3-day winning streak
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Asian stocks were set to dip on Thursday after a choppy Wall Street session as spiking coronavirus cases and prospects of new lockdowns erased earlier confide...
Jun 17, 2020
Facing Arizona surge, Navajos reimpose virus curfew
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - The Navajo Nation has reimposed 57-hour weekend curfews to protect citizens from a surge in coronavirus cases in neighboring Arizona after the largest Native American reserva...
Jun 17, 2020
Atlanta prosecutors hope to persuade jury to second-guess officer who shot Brooks
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Prosecutors seeking to convict Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe for murder in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks must try to persuade jurors to do something they rarely ...
Jun 17, 2020
Mothers as ‘trauma surgeons:’ the anguish of raising black boys in America
b'b\'By Angela Moore, Maria Caspani and Arlene Washington\\nNEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Raising black boys in America involves "constant mental anguish," Danielle Pattillo, a special education te...
Jun 17, 2020
U.S. actor Danny Masterson charged with raping three women
b'b\'LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "That 70s Show" actor Danny Masterson has been charged with raping three women in separate incidents in 2001 and 2003, the Los Angeles District Attorney\\\'s office said o...
Jun 17, 2020
Pilot in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash may have become disoriented in heavy fog, NTSB says
b'b\'LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. federal safety investigators said on Wednesday that the pilot of a helicopter that crashed in foothills near Los Angeles, killing basketball great Kobe Bryant and sev...
Jun 17, 2020
Unemployment payments backlog draws hundreds to Kentucky’s capital
b'b\'By Bryan Woolston\\nFRANKFORT, Ky. (Reuters) - Hundreds of people who lost jobs during the coronavirus crisis but have been unable to get their unemployment insurance checks converged at the Kent...
Jun 17, 2020
Trump signs bill calling for sanctions over China treatment of Uighur Muslims
b'b"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed legislation on Wednesday calling for sanctions against those responsible for repression of Uighur Muslims in China\'s Xinjiang province, t...
Jun 17, 2020
