Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Supreme Court LGBT ruling gives hope to those challenging military transgender ban
b'b\'By Idrees Ali\\nWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nic Talbott, a transgender man, was driving his truck in Chicago when his phone started buzzing in July 2017. With just over 50 words on Twitter, his dream ...
Jun 17, 2020
Most U.S. airports resilient to traffic slump so far: Fitch
b"b'(Reuters) - Most U.S. airports are financially equipped to withstand the coronavirus-led slump in passenger traffic, which is expected to persist for the rest of 2020, credit rating agency Fitch R...
Jun 17, 2020
Trump sought China’s Xi’s help to win re-election, Bolton alleges
b'b\'WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a bombshell allegation, U.S. President Donald Trump\\\'s former national security adviser John Bolton said Trump sought Chinese President Xi Jinping\\\'s help in winning...
Jun 17, 2020
U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passes major conservation bill
b"b'(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a major conservation bill that would permanently direct $900 million a year to a long-standing federal program aimed at acquiring and protecting pub...
Jun 17, 2020
Black patients with COVID-19 in Atlanta more likely to be hospitalized: CDC
b'b\'(Reuters) - A study of coronovirus patients in Atlanta has found that black patients are more likely to be hospitalized than white patients, highlighting racial disparities in the U.S. healthcare...
Jun 17, 2020
Americans face new coranavirus challenge: a shortage of coins
b'b\'By Ann Saphir\\nSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Banks across the United States are facing a shortage of coins during coronavirus crisis, prompting the U.S. Federal Reserve to ration distribution and wo...
Jun 17, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 2,132,321 coronavirus cases and 116,862 deaths
b"b'(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 2,132,321 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 27,975 cases from its previous count, and said th...
Jun 17, 2020
Hitler’s birthplace shows that confronting dark past can take decades
b'b\'By Francois Murphy\\nVIENNA (Reuters) - As anti-racism protesters topple statues of slave traders and colonisers worldwide, some nations are pondering how to mark their dark past. In Austria, deb...
Jun 17, 2020
Republicans launch another pro-Biden Super PAC to help defeat Trump
b'b\'By Tim Reid\\nWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans who worked for U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush have formed a Super PAC to support Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in N...
Jun 17, 2020
Requiring masks ‘political hazard’ as COVID-19 surges in California breadbasket
b'b\'By Sharon Bernstein\\nSTOCKTON, Calif. (Reuters) - The first wave of COVID-19 came slowly to San Joaquin County in the heart of California\\\'s breadbasket, but the much-feared second surge is ro...
Jun 17, 2020
