Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
California court hears appeal of $289 million verdict against Bayer in first Roundup cancer trial
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - A California appeals court on Tuesday heard arguments in the first case that went to trial over allegations that Bayer AG's glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup causes cance...
Jun 02, 2020
Protests over Floyd’s death expose raw race relations worldwide
By Anthony Deutsch and Ingrid Melander AMSTERDAM/MADRID (Reuters) - Images of a white police officer kneeling on the neck of African-American George Floyd who then died have sparked angry protests fro...
Jun 02, 2020
U.S. launches trade probe into digital taxes, plowing ground for new tariffs
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Tuesday it was launching a "Section 301" investigation into digital services taxes adopted or under consideration ...
Jun 02, 2020
U.S. board urges helicopter manufacturers to add crash-data recorders
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday urged six major manufacturers to equip turbine-powered helicopters with crash-resistant systems to...
Jun 02, 2020
Timely screening, isolation helped U.S. Air Force base contain coronavirus
(Reuters) - Measures taken at a U.S. Air Force base in Texas to curb the spread of the coronavirus resulted less than one percent of its population becoming infected over seven weeks between March and...
Jun 02, 2020
Pelosi says legislation coming soon in response to Minneapolis George Floyd killing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday promised legislation on racial profiling and other issues raised by the police killing of George Floyd, while other...
Jun 02, 2020
U.S. Army says reasonable to expect some sort of coronavirus vaccine by year-end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. army vaccine researcher said on Tuesday it was reasonable to expect that some sort of coronavirus vaccine could be available to some parts of the U.S. population b...
Jun 02, 2020
New York Governor Cuomo says police failed to do their job during protests
By Nathan Layne and Maria Caspani (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday that New York City police failed in their duty to stop looting and other criminal activity during protests ...
Jun 02, 2020
California attorney general submits regulations for approval under privacy law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - California's attorney general on Tuesday submitted proposed regulations for approval under the state's new digital privacy law, which gives Americans the right to request that t...
Jun 02, 2020
Canada’s Trudeau, backed by rivals for now, has little chance to cash in on popularity boost
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is soaring in the polls amid widespread approval of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic but has little chance of cashi...
Jun 02, 2020
