Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
White woman apologizes after calling cops over black man in NY Central Park
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - A white woman has apologized after a video went viral showing her calling police to say she felt threatened by an African- American man who asked her politely ...
May 26, 2020
‘Rally of hope’: Why the S&P soared back past 3,000
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Unthinkable just two months ago as the world economy shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. stock benchmark S&P 500 index broke through the p...
May 26, 2020
Three U.S. states offer to host Republican convention if Trump pulls it from North Carolina
By Michael Martina (Reuters) - Republicans in Georgia, Texas and Florida are offering to host the party's national convention if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to move the event from ...
May 26, 2020
In morgues and shipping containers, Ecuadorians search for lost dead
By Yuri Garcia and Alexandra Valencia GUAYAQUIL/QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) - Dolores Centeno has scoured the morgues and cemeteries of Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, for two months searching for her...
May 26, 2020
Riot police reinforce Hong Kong legislature overnight as protests expected
By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of riot police took up posts around Hong Kong's legislature overnight, as protests were expected on Wednesday over a bill criminalising disrespect of Ch...
May 26, 2020
Virginia nurse lives on boat while helping New York battle the pandemic
By Catherine Koppel NEW YORK (Reuters) - By night, nurse Rachel Hartley is on the front line of the war against the coronavirus. By day, she rests on the sailboat that brought her from Virginia, wonde...
May 26, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court declines to block at-risk prisoner transfer plan
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block a judge's ruling that requires the U.S. government to evaluate moving up to 837 potentially at-risk prison...
May 26, 2020
Pence’s press secretary Katie Miller back to work after recovering from COVID-19
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary Katie Miller said on Tuesday she was back at work after recovering from COVID-19, a case that helped encourage Whi...
May 26, 2020
New Jersey used car dealer charged with price gouging New York City on N95 masks
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey used car dealer was criminally charged on Tuesday with exploiting the coronavirus pandemic by trying to defraud and price gouge New York City into...
May 26, 2020
Twitter says it is not removing Trump tweets on deceased Scarborough staff member
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it would take no action at this time on tweets from U.S. President Donald Trump about the 2001 death of a former congressional staff memb...
May 26, 2020
