Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Three white men to face Georgia judge in death of black jogger
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - Three white men charged with the murder of an unarmed black man in Georgia will face a judge Thursday morning in a case that caused a national outcry after cellphone ...
Jun 04, 2020
A triple whammy of crises tests Trump’s support ahead of November’s election
By James Oliphant and Chris Kahn lysisWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Battered by crisis after crisis, President Donald Trump appears to be in political peril as never before. Since taking office in 2017, Trum...
Jun 04, 2020
Hong Kong legislature passes national anthem bill amid protests
Hong Kong (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Legislative Council passed a bill on Thursday that would criminalise disrespect of China's national anthem, a move critics see as the latest sign of Beijing's tighten...
Jun 04, 2020
Pandemic exposes cracks in oil majors’ bet on plastic
By Joe Brock SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The energy industry's bet that a petrochemicals boom would support decades of oil and gas sales growth is on shaky ground as an already saturated plastic market is h...
Jun 04, 2020
Exclusive: Rosneft replaces sanctioned trading arm with new one – sources
By Gleb Gorodyankin and Olga Yagova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Rosneft, which closed its oil trading arm after sanctions were imposed by U.S. authorities in February, has set up a new Geneva-based tr...
Jun 04, 2020
Oil refineries, offshore drillers face hurricane challenges amid pandemic
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - As oil and gas companies began shutting offshore production before the first tropical storm of the season in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, experts said restarting wells an...
Jun 04, 2020
One New York police officer shot, one slashed in Brooklyn, unclear if protest related: NYPD
(Reuters) - One New York police officer was shot shortly before midnight Wednesday and another officer was slashed in Brooklyn, police said, but it was unclear if the attack was related to ongoing pro...
Jun 03, 2020
U.S. new weekly jobless claims seen falling below 2 million
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits likely dropped below 2 million last week for the first time since mid-March, but remains astonishingly...
Jun 03, 2020
U.S. finalizes order allowing 15 passenger air carriers to suspend service to 75 airports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department said late Wednesday it granted final approval to 15 airlines to temporarily halt service to 75 U.S. airports because of a lack of demand stemm...
Jun 03, 2020
Seattle police oversight to continue after 12,000 Floyd protest complaints
By Gregory Scruggs SEATTLE (Reuters) - Police in the city of Seattle will continue to be overseen by federal monitors, the mayor said on Wednesday, days after the force drew 12,000 complaints for its ...
Jun 03, 2020
