Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Top prosecutor overseeing Justice Department criminal division to depart
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department's top prosecutor overseeing its criminal division is leaving his post early next month, department officials announced on Wednesday...
Jun 10, 2020
Players Coalition asks Congress to support bill ending police immunity
(Reuters) - Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady was among more than 1,400 people across America's biggest sports leagues who signed a letter sent by the Players Coalition to the U.S. Congress on ...
Jun 10, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 1,973,797 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 1,973,797 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 17,376 cases from its previous count, and said that t...
Jun 10, 2020
New Yorkers adopt pets to deal with coronavirus stress
(Reuters) - When the coronavirus pandemic shut down New York City nearly three months ago, Jocelyn Tsai rushed to fill out an online application to foster a dog from the Animal Care Centers of NYC. Bu...
Jun 10, 2020
U.S. attorney general group sues 26 dermatology drug makers
By Diane Bartz (Reuters) - A group of attorneys general from U.S. states and territories sued 26 manufacturers of dermatology drugs on Wednesday, accusing them of price fixing and other violations of ...
Jun 10, 2020
Voices from U.S. protests against police brutality: ‘You can’t just sit on the sidelines’
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans have taken to the streets following the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis on May 25 after a white police officer pinned his knee against h...
Jun 10, 2020
Retired judge urges court not to drop criminal case against ex-Trump adviser Flynn
By Sarah N. Lynch and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retired U.S. judge John Gleeson urged a federal court on Wednesday not to grant the Justice Department's request to dismiss the criminal case aga...
Jun 10, 2020
NIH launches study to assess drugs for coronavirus-affected children in U.S.
(Reuters) - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Wednesday launched a study to evaluate drugs prescribed to treat COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus, among children ...
Jun 10, 2020
Minneapolis police chief breaks off talks with officer union
(Reuters) - The Minneapolis Police Department will withdraw from contract negotiations with the police union, one step in a planned reform of the department in the wake of George Floyd's death, the de...
Jun 10, 2020
Weak demand keeps U.S. inflation subdued
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices fell for a third straight month in May and underlying inflation was weak as demand for goods and services remained subdued amid a recessio...
Jun 10, 2020
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