Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
California says movie theaters can reopen as early as Friday if counties approve
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Movie theaters can reopen in California as early as Friday if county officials grant approval, the state's health department said in guidelines issued on Monday. Theaters close...
Jun 08, 2020
University of Washington forecasts 145,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths by August
(Reuters) - University of Washington researchers estimated on Monday that 145,728 people could die of COVID-19 in the United States by August, raising their forcast by more than 5,000 fatalities in a ...
Jun 08, 2020
Man who drove into Virginia protest is KKK leader, prosecutor says
By Nathan Layne and Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Virginia prosecutors said on Monday a man facing charges for driving his pickup truck into racial equality protesters is a local leader of the Ku Klux Klan....
Jun 08, 2020
Asia stocks set to gain after recovery hopes push Wall Street higher
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks were set to climb on Tuesday as confidence in an economic recovery pushed the Nasdaq benchmark to a record high, although doubts about crude supply c...
Jun 08, 2020
Minneapolis council members see community programs as replacement for police
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Four Minneapolis City Council members in favor of dismantling the city's police department on Monday outlined broad plans to shift funding to community-based programs that ...
Jun 08, 2020
North Korea says it will sever hotlines with South Korea: KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it will sever inter-Korean hotlines with South Korea as the first step toward completely shutting down all means of contact with Seoul, state news agency ...
Jun 08, 2020
Trump campaign rallies to start up again in next two weeks
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to start holding campaign rallies again in the next two weeks, a Trump campaign official said on Monday, ending a three-month ...
Jun 08, 2020
Macy’s raises $4.5 billion to shore up funds as stores reopen, shares surge
(Reuters) - Macy's Inc said on Monday it raised a total of $4.5 billion, including $3.15 billion in new borrowings against its real estate assets, as the department store chain tries to navigate throu...
Jun 08, 2020
Biden’s ‘compassion’ meant world to Floyd family: lawyer
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden showed compassion that "meant the world" to George Floyd's family on Monday, according to a lawyer for relatives of the unar...
Jun 08, 2020
Black business owners on Washington’s historic U Street see echoes of 1968
By Makini Brice and Kia Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the owners of some of the venerable black-owned businesses on U Street in Washington's Northwest section, the protests against racism and pol...
Jun 08, 2020
