Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Global coronavirus deaths top 400,000 as outbreak grows in Brazil, India – Reuters tally
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - Global deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 400,000 on Sunday, as case numbers surge in Brazil and India, according to a Reuters tally. The United States is responsibl...
Jun 07, 2020
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden to meet George Floyd’s family
(Reuters) - Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden will travel to Houston on Monday and meet with the family of George Floyd, two weeks after Floyd's death in police custody triggered nation...
Jun 07, 2020
U.S. coronavirus deaths top 110,000 as cases approach 2 million: Reuters tally
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - The novel coronavirus has killed more than 110,000 people in the United States, according to a Reuters tally on Sunday, as nationwide protests against racial injustice spa...
Jun 07, 2020
Protests roll on against ‘worldwide’ racism
ROME/LONDON (Reuters) - Demonstrators in Rome held their fists in the air and chanted "No Justice! No Peace!" on Sunday, while in London people defying official warnings not to gather lay down outside...
Jun 07, 2020
Lufthansa CEO promises Germans a ‘homecoming guarantee’
BERLIN (Reuters) - Lufthansa will bring home any Germans it flies abroad on vacation, Chief Executive Carsten Spohr said in a newspaper interview, seeking to assuage holidaymakers' concerns that new c...
Jun 07, 2020
Colin Powell endorses Joe Biden for president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell on Sunday endorsed Democratic former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, becoming the first major Rep...
Jun 07, 2020
New York City mayor ends 8 p.m. curfew a day early
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ended a nightly curfew on Sunday, a day earlier than he had planned. The curfew ran from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. most nights and was put in place last ...
Jun 07, 2020
Exclusive: In warning sign for Trump, Republicans growing pessimistic about country’s direction
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Republicans are more pessimistic about the country's direction than at almost any other time during Donald Trump's presidency, as a trio of crises - the coronavirus pandemic, ...
Jun 07, 2020
Minneapolis mayor jeered after refusing to support abolishing police department
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The mayor of Minneapolis ran a gauntlet of angry, jeering protesters on Saturday after telling them he was opposed to their demands for de-funding the city police following...
Jun 07, 2020
U.S. Democrats, black lawmakers ready response to George Floyd death
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two weeks after George Floyd's death in police custody sparked nationwide protests, Democrats led by black members of the U.S. Congress are set to introduce legi...
Jun 07, 2020
