Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
‘Golden State Killer’ suspect to plead guilty: LA Times
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - An ex-policeman in California charged with murder and kidnapping attributed to a serial predator dubbed the 'Golden State Killer' is expected to plead guilty in a deal t...
Jun 15, 2020
Delta to resume passenger flights to China next week
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines said on Monday it would resume passenger flights to Shanghai from Seattle, via Seoul, next week following Chinese government approval for U.S. carriers to fly there, with o...
Jun 15, 2020
Trump order on police reform would use financial incentives
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An executive order on police reform U.S. President Donald Trump will sign on Tuesday following nationwide protests against police brutality and racism would seek to use financia...
Jun 15, 2020
New projection puts U.S. COVID-19 deaths at over 200,000 by October
(Reuters) - A new forecast projects 201,129 deaths due to COVID-19 in the United States through the beginning of October mainly due to reopening measures under way, the Institute for Health Metrics an...
Jun 15, 2020
U.S. airlines threaten to ban passengers who break no-mask policy
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Passengers who refuse to comply with U.S. airlines' requirement that they wear facial coverings while flying could have their flying privileges revoked, according to updated polici...
Jun 15, 2020
Trump administration is blocking COVID stimulus oversight: government watchdog letter
By Chris Prentice and Koh Gui Qing WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration is hindering oversight of over $1 trillion in pandemic stimulus funds, according to a watchdog group tasked ...
Jun 15, 2020
Editors at U.S. government’s Voice of America resign as Trump appointee arrives
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top two directors at Voice of America resigned on Monday, just as President Donald Trump's appointee began his role as chief executive of the parent organization of the U.S....
Jun 15, 2020
Pompeo to meet with Chinese delegation this week in Hawaii: sources
By Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to meet a Chinese delegation at a U.S. military base in Hawaii this week to discuss bilater...
Jun 15, 2020
Trump says U.S. pulling some soldiers out of Germany
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States will bring the number of troops it stations in Germany down to 25,000. In comments to reporters, Trump complained that Ge...
Jun 15, 2020
Trump says ex-adviser Bolton breaks law if he publishes book
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday his former national security adviser John Bolton will have broken the law if a book he has written is published. Trump, speaking to re...
Jun 15, 2020
