Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
White House defends Trump’s conspiracy theory tweet on Buffalo protester
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday defended President Donald Trump's promotion of an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory about a 75-year-old protester injured by police in Buffalo, sayi...
Jun 10, 2020
Trump administration sued over coronavirus-related border restrictions
By Mimi Dwyer and Mica Rosenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Wednesday faced its first legal challenge to a policy that has nearly halted the U.S. asylum system as well as admissi...
Jun 10, 2020
Global new clean energy investment totaled $282 billion last year: research
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Global investment in new clean energy capacity rose 1% last year to $282.2 billion, research by UNEP, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and the Frankfurt School-UNEP Col...
Jun 10, 2020
U.S. protesters topple Columbus statue and throw it in a lake
(Reuters) - Anti-racism protesters in Virginia tore down a statue of Christopher Columbus on Tuesday night in Byrd park in Richmond, then draped it in a burning flag and dumped it in a lake, images of...
Jun 10, 2020
J&J to begin human trials of COVID-19 vaccine in second half of July
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday it would start human trials of its potential COVID-19 vaccine in the second half of July. (Reporting by Saumya Sibi Joseph in Bengaluru; Editing by Saum...
Jun 10, 2020
Pompeo declined interview on Saudi arms sale, fired inspector general says
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A State Department inspector general fired by President Donald Trump last month told lawmakers that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would not sit for an inte...
Jun 10, 2020
White House says changes on policing could come by executive order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump could take policy action on race and policing through legislation or by issuing an executive order, his spokeswoman told Fox News in an interview on ...
Jun 10, 2020
Tim Scott, the U.S. Senate’s only black Republican, leads police reform push
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Carolina's U.S. Senator Tim Scott, the chamber's only black Republican, was thrust into the center of the national debate on policing when Majority Le...
Jun 10, 2020
U.S. consumer prices fall for third straight month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices fell for a third straight month in May as demand remained subdued amid a recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Labor Department said on Wednesday i...
Jun 10, 2020
KCC estimates insured losses of nearly $150 million from tropical storm Cristobal
(Reuters) - Catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Company (KCC) said on Wednesday it expects insured losses of close to $150 million from tropical storm Cristobal. Cristobal is the third named storm...
Jun 10, 2020
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