Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Senior Trump aide apologizes for promoting racially-charged video
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior aide to Republican U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday apologized for promoting a racially-charged video on her Twitter feed. Mercedes Schlapp, a senior...
Jun 06, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 1,891,690 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 1,891,690 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 29,034 cases from its previous count, and said the num...
Jun 06, 2020
Buffalo police officers await arraignment as supporters gather outside court
By Lindsay DeDario BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) - Hundreds of law enforcement officers gathered outside two Buffalo courthouses on Saturday in support of two police officers expected to be arraigned on cri...
Jun 06, 2020
Oil workers, Louisiana island residents flee ahead of Storm Cristobal
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Cristobal moved through the U.S. Gulf of Mexico on Saturday carrying strong winds and heavy rains that prompted the evacuation of a coastal Louisiana community and d...
Jun 06, 2020
Lawyer for German suspect in Madeleine McCann case has no comment
BERLIN (Reuters) - A lawyer representing the German man suspected of murdering Madeleine McCann, a British girl who disappeared in Portugal in 2007 aged 3, said on Saturday he had no comment on the ca...
Jun 06, 2020
Exclusive: Malaysia – Even $3 billion not enough to settle 1MDB case with Goldman
By Krishna N. Das and Liz Lee KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's new government would not be willing to accept even compensation of $3 billion from Goldman Sachs in a settlement over the 1MDB scandal...
Jun 06, 2020
Washington Mayor Bowser, ‘unbought and unbossed,’ challenges Trump
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has drawn a battle line right up to the White House. Bowser, one of seven black female mayors of America's 100 largest cities, on ...
Jun 06, 2020
OPEC and allies to agree one-month extension to output cuts
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - OPEC and its allies led by Russia are "most likely" to agree on a one-month extension to an oil production cuts deal on Saturday, an OPEC delegate said. The delegate, who spoke on ...
Jun 06, 2020
Graphic: What U.S. police are shooting at protesters
By Mimi Dwyer (Reuters) - Police across the United States are using a variety of weapons on protesters during demonstrations against the death of an unarmed black man in police custody. George Floyd d...
Jun 06, 2020
‘Am I going to get shot?’ kids ask, as brands try to explain racism and violence to children
By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) - For 8 minutes and 46 seconds - the length of time it took George Floyd, an unarmed black man, to die at the hands of Minneapolis police - cable TV kids channel...
Jun 06, 2020
