Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
India overtakes Italy’s coronavirus tally as lockdown easing looms
By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) - India reported a record 9,887 new coronavirus cases in one day on Saturday and overtook Italy as the world's sixth-biggest outbreak, two days before the relaxing ...
Jun 06, 2020
Protests in Australia, Japan embrace ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Thousands took to the streets in Australia on Saturday, and hundreds did in Japan, to support protests across the United States against police brutality, while dem...
Jun 06, 2020
Warsaw hopes some U.S. troops based in Germany will be moved to Poland
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Saturday he hoped that some of the U.S. troops that are set to be removed from Germany will be reassigned to Poland. U.S. President ...
Jun 06, 2020
Denver police ordered to stop using less-than-lethal force against protesters
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A United States District Court Judge ordered Denver police on Friday to stop using tear gas, plastic bullets and other "less-than-lethal" force such as flash grenad...
Jun 05, 2020
Biden formally clinches U.S. Democratic nomination – reports
(Reuters) - Former Vice President Joe Biden formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, media reported, setting the stage for a challenge to President Donald Trump in the Novem...
Jun 05, 2020
Police arrest cyclist who confronted youngsters posting U.S. racial injustice flyers
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A cyclist whose videotaped confrontation with three youngsters posting flyers protesting racial injustice on a nature trail outside Washington drew widespread ...
Jun 05, 2020
Black girls and supporters surf around the world to honor George Floyd
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - From California to Indonesia, Australia and Senegal, black girls and supporters floated on surfboards on Friday to pay tribute to George Floyd, the black man w...
Jun 05, 2020
Systemic racism is killing blacks two ways, author Bakari Sellers says
By Beatrix Lockwood (Reuters) - After a week of protests against police brutality across the world, Lauren Young and Trevor Hunnicutt of Reuters spoke with Bakari Sellers, author of 'My Vanishing Coun...
Jun 05, 2020
California to allow pro sports, day camps as coronavirus shutdowns ease
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California broadly relaxed its coronavirus-related shutdowns on Friday, moving to allow professional sports to be played without audiences and reopen day camps, tribal c...
Jun 05, 2020
‘We were wrong’: Goodell says league failed to listen to players on protests
NEW YORK (Reuters) - National Football League (NFL) Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league made mistakes in not listening to players, in a video on Friday denouncing racism in the United States am...
Jun 05, 2020
