Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
California says film and TV production can resume as early as June 12
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Film and TV cameras can start rolling in California as soon as June 12, state officials said as they approved new guidelines to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus on s...
Jun 05, 2020
‘NO KNEELING’: Trump renews criticism of protests during U.S. anthem
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday lobbed barbs at protesters who kneel during the national anthem, after NFL quarterback Drew Brees apologized for remarks he made ab...
Jun 05, 2020
Buffalo police officers quit unit in protest at colleagues’ suspension: reports
(Reuters) - All 57 members of a police tactical unit in Buffalo, New York, have resigned from that team to protest the suspension of two colleagues who were filmed shoving a 75-year-old man to the gro...
Jun 05, 2020
California moves to end state police use of carotid restraint
(Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Friday that he would end state police training in the use of carotid restraints after a similar move was used on George Floyd, whose death in polic...
Jun 05, 2020
Wall Street Week Ahead: Bond investors look for Fed to justify steepening yield curve
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Expectations that the global economy has dodged the worst-case coronavirus pandemic scenarios have led to a dramatic sell-off in U.S. government bonds from their ...
Jun 05, 2020
George Floyd’s death sparks new generation of activists in U.S.
By Makini Brice and Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kristina Knox, a 25-year-old child development teacher from Maryland, cried for days after watching video footage of George Floyd, a 46-year-...
Jun 05, 2020
Electric skateboard-mounted trash collector among U.S. protest volunteers
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As protesters chanted near the White House, Michael Piatschak leaned from his one-wheeled electric skateboard, extended a trash-grabbing claw and, like a rapt...
Jun 05, 2020
Explainer: Who are Antifa, the ‘boogaloo’ movement and others blamed in U.S. protest violence?
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and his allies have sought to blame left-wing extremists for the violence and looting at U.S. protests over police brutality while local aut...
Jun 05, 2020
U.S. appeals court blocks White House from suspending reporter’s press pass
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The White House unlawfully suspended the press credentials of reporter who got in an argument with a supporter of President Donald Trump at a public event, a U.S. appeals cour...
Jun 05, 2020
Biden says ‘much more work to be done’ on economy after surprising jobs report
By James Oliphant DOVER, Del. (Reuters) - Democratic White House candidate Joe Biden on Friday criticized Republican President Donald Trump for prematurely celebrating a better-than-expected jobs repo...
Jun 05, 2020
