Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Michigan governor over coronavirus orders
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's since-rescinded executive orders requiring that residents stay home and most bu...
Jun 08, 2020
Cuomo says New York set to overhaul criminal justice practices following protests
By Peter Szekely NEW YORK (Reuters) - After days of protests over racial injustice triggered by the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday said state lawm...
Jun 08, 2020
Trump says U.S. police will not be disbanded
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday there will not be any disbanding of police following calls for law enforcement to be defunded in the aftermath of the death of a black man ...
Jun 08, 2020
Rights groups urge U.N. to investigate U.S. ‘police violence’
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Relatives of victims and activist groups called on Monday for the top United Nations human rights body to launch an investigation into "police violence and repr...
Jun 08, 2020
Trump considering various proposals in response to Floyd’s death: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is "appalled" by calls for police to be defunded and he is looking at a number of proposals in response to the death of a black man in police custody...
Jun 08, 2020
Bail for former Minneapolis police officer set at $1 million – $1.25 million: media
(Reuters) - Bail was set at $1 million to $1.25 million for the white former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering a black man, George Floyd, by kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minute...
Jun 08, 2020
Democrat Biden opposes push to defund police, campaign says
By Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden does not support a movement to defund U.S. police departments as a response to cases of police brutality against un...
Jun 08, 2020
Travel on U.S. roads fell by 40% in April amid stay-at-home orders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Travel on U.S. roads fell by 39.8% in April as coronavirus stay-at-home orders prompted tens of millions of Americans to work from home and others to avoid travel as destination...
Jun 08, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 1,938,823 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported 1,938,823 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 17,919 cases from its previous count, and said that the ...
Jun 08, 2020
South Korean court denies arrest warrant request for Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Tuesday denied an arrest warrant request for Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee after prosecutors accused him of accounting fraud and stock manipulation, the court...
Jun 08, 2020
