Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Pentagon orders remaining active-duty troops to leave DC area
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon will be sending back the remaining 900 active-duty troops who were sent to the Washington D.C. area to potentially respond to civil unrest, and they are expected to...
Jun 05, 2020
Americans misuse disinfectants in ‘high risk’ practice to prevent coronavirus infection: U.S. survey
(Reuters) - More than a third of Americans misused cleaners and disinfectants to try to prevent infection by the coronavirus, according to a U.S. survey taken shortly after President Donald Trump publ...
Jun 05, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 1,862,656 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 1,862,656 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 20,555 cases from its previous count, and said that the ...
Jun 05, 2020
U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google’s ad tech business: CNBC
(Reuters) - The U.S. state attorneys general investigating Alphabet Inc's Google for potential antitrust violations are leaning towards pushing for a breakup of its ad technology business as part of a...
Jun 05, 2020
‘Black Lives Matter’ giant yellow mural painted on street near White House
(Reuters) - A massive "Black Lives Matter" mural was painted in yellow letters on a street near the White House on Friday, ahead of expected large demonstrations on Saturday to protest racism and poli...
Jun 05, 2020
New York officials defend curfew, subway safety ahead of Monday reopening
By Nathan Layne and Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) - Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday said New York is on track to reopen on Monday from the coronavirus lockdown that turned the most populous U.S. city into...
Jun 05, 2020
Should U.S. police get free military equipment? Protests revive debate
By Michelle Nichols and Catherine Koppel NEW YORK (Reuters) - In cities across the United States this past week, protesters have been confronted by police carrying shields and batons and hulking armor...
Jun 05, 2020
Explainer: U.S. protesters call to ‘Defund the Police.’ What would that look like?
By Jonathan Allen and Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nationwide protests over the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, the latest in a long string of high-profile slayings of black men b...
Jun 05, 2020
Facebook says it found no foreign interference campaigns targeting U.S. protests
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Friday it had not seen evidence of coordinated foreign interference targeting the U.S. protests spurred by the police killing of George Floyd, a...
Jun 05, 2020
Criminal probe launched of police seen shoving elderly man in Buffalo, says prosecutor’s office
(Reuters) - Two Buffalo, New York, police officers who video showed shoving a 75-year-old protestor to the ground on Thursday are under investigation for potential criminal liability, a spokeswoman fo...
Jun 05, 2020
