Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Asia cautious as U.S. riots weigh on S&P futures
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian share markets started on a cautious note and gold gained on Monday as images of riots in burning U.S. cities unnerved investors already tense over Washington's p...
May 31, 2020
Tanker truck drives into protesters on Minneapolis highway: Reuters witness
(Reuters) - A tanker truck drove into protesters on interstate highway 35 West in Minneapolis, but none of the marchers were injured, according to a Reuters Witness. The driver then got out of the tru...
May 31, 2020
Australia’s stalled migrant boom derails golden economic run
By Swati Pandey and Sam Holmes SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's three decades of uninterrupted prosperity are coming to an abrupt end as the global coronavirus pandemic crashes one of its most lucrative...
May 31, 2020
Open season on the free press: Journalists targeted in attacks as U.S. protests rage
By Kenneth Li (Reuters) - On Friday evening, viewers watched as CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez and his crew were arrested on live television while covering a protest following the death of George Floy...
May 31, 2020
Retailers already hit by coronavirus board up as U.S. protests rage
By Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retail giant Target shuttered stores across the U.S. as retailers already reeling from closures due to the coronavirus pandemic shut stores amid protests t...
May 31, 2020
U.S. CDC reports total of 1,761,503 coronavirus cases, 103,700 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported a total 1,761,503 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 23,553 cases from its previous count, and said t...
May 31, 2020
Workers living in Mexico helping California’s pandemic health response
By Laura Gottesdiener EL CENTRO, Calif. (Reuters) - Hundreds of Mexicans and Americans who live south of the border enter southern California's hospitals every day. But these are not the patients - th...
May 31, 2020
Trump says he will designate Antifa as a terrorist organization
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. government will designate anti-fascist group Antifa as a terrorist organization. The announcement, made by Trump on Twitter, comes amid ...
May 31, 2020
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos invests in UK digital freight forwarder Beacon
By Maria Ponnezhath (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has picked British startup Beacon, a digital freight forwarder, for his latest investment. Beacon said on Sunday it raised ove...
May 31, 2020
SpaceX Crew Dragon with two NASA astronauts docks with International Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Just under 19 hours after launching from Florida, SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley docked with the International Space...
May 31, 2020
