Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Bernie Sanders endorses U.S. Rep. Engel’s challenger in New York primary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Tuesday boosted the election prospects of relatively-unknown challenger Jamaal Bowman to 16-term incumbent Democratic Representative Eliot Engel i...
Jun 09, 2020
Trump tweets conspiracy theory about Buffalo protester shoved by police
By Maria Caspani and Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday tweeted a conspiracy theory about a 75-year-old protester in Buffalo who was shoved by police and crit...
Jun 09, 2020
U.S. government offers $25 billion in COVID-19 relief to some hospitals
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Tuesday it would distribute about $25 billion to hospitals that have not previously received relief funds as they grapple wit...
Jun 09, 2020
U.S. Democrats see police bill vote this month, Hoyer says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives hope to vote on a policing reform bill during the week of June 22, Representative Steny Hoyer, the chamber's No. 2 Democrat, said on...
Jun 09, 2020
Explainer: What to look for in the Fed’s U.S. economic outlook
By Ann Saphir SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers on Wednesday will publish their first economic projections since the coronavirus pandemic set off a recession in February, est...
Jun 09, 2020
Coronavirus patients most infectious when they first feel unwell: WHO
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Studies show people with the coronavirus are most infectious just at the point when they first begin to feel unwell, World Health Organization (WHO) experts sai...
Jun 09, 2020
NYC police officer who shoved protester charged with assault
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City police officer who shoved a demonstrator to the ground during a protest against police brutality has been criminally charged over his alleged conduct, the Brooklyn...
Jun 09, 2020
Artist Banksy has new take on toppled statue of English slave trader
LONDON (Reuters) - The toppling of a statue of a 17th century slave trader in the English port city of Bristol was hailed by some as a long-overdue reckoning with Britain's imperalist past and denounc...
Jun 09, 2020
FCC proposes record $225 million fine for massive robocall campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday voted unanimously to propose a record-setting $225 million fine against Texas-based health insurance telemarketers for all...
Jun 09, 2020
New York’s Cuomo ‘disgusted’ at Trump claim protester ‘fell harder than was pushed’
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said he was "disgusted" by U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that a 75-year-old man seen in video being pushed by a Buffalo police offi...
Jun 09, 2020
