Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. EPA proposes changes to how clean air rules are written
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will release on Thursday a proposed overhaul of how costs and benefits factored in its major clean air rule-makings...
Jun 04, 2020
Black architect who knew George Floyd hopes to rebuild more a just Twin Cities
By Brendan O'Brien ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) - George Floyd's death in Minneapolis while in police custody, and the destruction that followed during demonstrations throughout the region, cut especiall...
Jun 04, 2020
Ukraine found no evidence against Hunter Biden in case audit: former top prosecutor
By Ilya Zhegulev KIEV (Reuters) - An audit of thousands of old case files by Ukrainian prosecutors found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Hunter Biden, the former prosecutor general, who had l...
Jun 04, 2020
Special Report: How union, Supreme Court shield Minneapolis cops
By Reade Levinson and Michael Berens (Reuters) - Long before the death of George Floyd last week, efforts to overhaul the way policing is done in Minneapolis repeatedly fizzled in the face of a powerf...
Jun 04, 2020
White defendant in shooting death of Georgia black man used racial slur, investigator says
(Note to readers offensive language in third paragraph) (Reuters) - One of the white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia used a racial slur after shooting the unarmed black man and ...
Jun 04, 2020
Major flu, coronavirus activity could slam U.S. health system, top official says
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Substantial activity from the novel coronavirus combined with a major flu season this fall could place a tremendous burden on the healthcare system, a top U.S. health official sai...
Jun 04, 2020
U.S. attorney general to hold news conference on Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr will hold a news conference at 12:30 p.m. (1630 GMT) on Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement. The heads of the FBI, the U.S....
Jun 04, 2020
American detained in Iran since 2018 freed, on his way home, his family says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michael White, an American detained in Iran since 2018, has been freed and is on his way back home, his family said in a statement on Thursday. White, a U.S. navy veteran, had b...
Jun 04, 2020
Drew Brees apologises for kneeling comments
(Reuters) - New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees issued a lengthy apology on Thursday for comments he made about kneeling protests being disrespectful to the American flag that drew criticism on ...
Jun 04, 2020
In rare bipartisan bill, U.S. senators tackle climate change via agriculture
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators on Thursday introduced a bipartisan bill that would direct the Agriculture Department to help farmers, ranchers and landowners use carbon diox...
Jun 04, 2020
