Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Japan first-quarter GDP revised up to 2.2% annualised contraction
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy shrank an annualised 2.2% in January-March, less than the initial estimate of a 3.4% contraction, revised data from the Cabinet Office showed Monday. The revised figu...
Jun 07, 2020
New York Times opinion editor resigns after column controversy as Trump slams paper
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York Times editorial page editor responsible for publishing a column that advocated using the military to quiet protests over U.S. racial inequality resi...
Jun 07, 2020
Court to decide whether to jail embattled Samsung heir again
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court will rule as soon as Monday whether to send Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee back to jail after more than two years of freedom, as new allegations dog the executive...
Jun 07, 2020
NHC says center of storm Cristobal made landfall in southeast Louisiana
(Reuters) - The center of Tropical Storm Cristobal has made landfall along the coast of southeast Louisiana between the mouth of the Mississippi River and Grand Isle, the U.S. National Hurricane Cente...
Jun 07, 2020
Historic Oakland black book store sells out of books on racial discrimination
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Marcus Books in Oakland, California, has served the black community in the Bay Area with books by and about African Americans for the past 60 years. Its doors have been ope...
Jun 07, 2020
Floyd’s death spurs ‘Gen Z’ activists to set up new D.C. rights group
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jacqueline LaBayne and Kerrigan Williams met for the very first time in person on Wednesday, at a sit-in they organized in front of the U.S. Capitol over the ...
Jun 07, 2020
‘Take a knee,’ protesters ask black Secret Service agents in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As protesters implored the black U.S. Secret Service officer to take a knee in solidarity with their demonstration against racism and brutality by law enforcement, the young man...
Jun 07, 2020
Democrats grapple with U.S. protesters’ demand to defund the police
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democrats have largely embraced the activists packing into streets nationwide to decry the killings of black men and women by law enforcement but so far expre...
Jun 07, 2020
Storm Cristobal slows advance, dropping heavy rains on Louisiana
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Cristobal on Sunday slowed its advance through the Gulf of Mexico, bringing a coastal storm surge, high winds and rain to southeast Louisiana, where it is expected m...
Jun 07, 2020
CDC reports 1,920,904 coronavirus cases in United States
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 1,920,904 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 29,214 cases from its previous count, and said COVID-19 deat...
Jun 07, 2020
