Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
‘We will keep fighting for you:’ Site of deadly incident becomes massive memorial to George Floyd
By Brendan O'Brien MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A white mother tightly wrapped her arm around the back of her black teenage son as they silently stood still, gazing at a makeshift memorial honoring George ...
Jun 01, 2020
An Oval Office speech? Trump’s advisers torn over how to address protests
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The last time U.S. President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office, with a March 11 speech on fighting the coronavirus, the former reality TV s...
Jun 01, 2020
Independent autopsy finds Floyd died by strangulation, that it was a homicide
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Two doctors who carried out an independent autopsy of George Floyd, the black man whose death in Minneapolis police custody last week triggered nationwide protests, said on ...
Jun 01, 2020
Protests elevate Bottoms and Demings as possible Biden running mates
By Michael Martina (Reuters) - Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and U.S. Representative Val Demings of Florida have risen in prominence amid protests against police brutality as Joe Biden weighs whe...
Jun 01, 2020
Former U.S. President Obama praises protests, condemns violence
By Jason Lange and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday condemned the use of violence at nationwide protests over racial inequities and excessive police f...
Jun 01, 2020
U.S. health experts, officials warn protests may add to virus spread
By Caroline Humer NEW YORK (Reuters) - Public health experts and government officials, including New York's governor, are warning that large street protests over racial inequities and excessive police...
Jun 01, 2020
U.S. appeals court: Volkswagen may face ‘enormous’ diesel liability
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled Monday Volkswagen AG may face "enormous" additional liability in the "Dieselgate" scandal finding that two counties can enforce regulations against th...
Jun 01, 2020
New York’s Cuomo calls for police reforms in wake of George Floyd’s death
By Nathan Layne and Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday called for a national ban on chokeholds and excessive force by police and said he was concerned violent ...
Jun 01, 2020
Michigan governor largely rescinds lockdown, retailers to reopen
DETROIT (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Monday moved to further reopen the Midwest state's economy, largely rescinding a stay-at- home order in place since March and allowing retaile...
Jun 01, 2020
U.S. EPA moves to curb state powers to deny permits for energy projects
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler signed a rule on Monday limiting state powers to block pipelines, coal terminals and other energy ...
Jun 01, 2020
