Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Package of police reforms advances in New York legislature
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sweeping package of police reform measures has started to move toward passage by the New York state legislature in the wake of the historic wave of protests sparked by the death...
Jun 09, 2020
FCC awarding up to $16 billion to address U.S. areas lacking broadband service
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted on Tuesday to adopt auction procedures to provide up to $16 billion to areas that lack broadband service, including nearly six m...
Jun 09, 2020
U.S. layoffs abate; job openings plunge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Layoffs in the United States fell in April, but remained the second highest on record, while job openings dropped, suggesting the labor market could take years to recover from t...
Jun 09, 2020
Police, protests and politics: Georgetown professor Dyson on racism in America
By Beatrix Lockwood NEW YORK (Reuters) - As calls to disband police departments grow nationwide, Michael Eric Dyson, a professor at Georgetown University and author of 21 books including "We Cannot St...
Jun 09, 2020
Harry Potter star says ‘transgender women are women’ after J.K. Rowling tweets spark row
LONDON (Reuters) - Daniel Radcliffe, who played the young wizarding hero in the Harry Potter films, has said "transgender women are women" after an outcry over tweets by author J.K. Rowling criticizin...
Jun 09, 2020
George Floyd to be buried as global anti-racism protests spread
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - George Floyd will be buried in Houston on Tuesday two weeks after his death while being held by police in a Minneapolis street, and more anti-racism rallies inspired ...
Jun 09, 2020
Special Report: COVID deepens the other opioid crisis – a shortage of hospital painkillers
By Lisa Girion, Dan Levine and Robin Respaut (Reuters) - As opioid pills and patches fueled a two-decade epidemic of overdoses in the United States, hospitals faced chronic shortages of the same paink...
Jun 09, 2020
U.S. coronavirus cases surge in southwestern states
By Chris Canipe and Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - Twenty-one U.S. states reported weekly increases in new cases of COVID-19, with Arizona, Utah and New Mexico all posting rises of 40% or higher for the we...
Jun 09, 2020
Billions in COVID relief go to biggest hospital chains as smaller rivals await aid
By Chad Terhune (Reuters) - Spared the worst of COVID-19, the largest for-profit hospital chains in the United States are pursuing a speedy recovery backed by billions of dollars in federal aid, while...
Jun 09, 2020
After George Floyd’s death, a groundswell of religious activism
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - George Floyd's death has triggered a groundswell of outrage and activism by religious leaders and faith-based groups across the United States, reminiscent of wh...
Jun 09, 2020
