Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. appeals court says it wants to hear from Flynn judge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday instructed the judge hearing the criminal case against President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn to respond to a r...
May 21, 2020
The ‘new normal’ for student life – on and off U.S. college campuses
By Beatrix Lockwood NEW YORK (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted in-person education and student life, leaving U.S. colleges and universities scrambling to make plans for the fall semes...
May 21, 2020
Comcast’s Universal Studios Orlando to reopen parks on June 5
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp's Universal Studios Orlando on Thursday announced plans to reopen its park to the public on June 5. The theme park will open at reduced capacity and will provide stag...
May 21, 2020
A U.S. Memorial Day weekend like no other, with parties and biker rallies on hold
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Tom McNamara had planned to ride his 2013 Harley Road Glide Ultra motorcycle through the heart of Washington on Sunday, joining hundreds of thousands of bikers in a Memoria...
May 21, 2020
AARP advises S.D. elders to vote absentee in June primary election
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) -- South Dakota's primary election is less than two weeks away, along with many local contests. With the coronavirus pandemic a major concern for vulnerable residents, a leadin...
May 21, 2020
U.N. rejects U.S. claim it is using coronavirus to promote abortion
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations rejected on Thursday an accusation by the United States that the world body was using the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to promote ...
May 21, 2020
As hunger spreads under lockdown, Guatemalans and Salvadorans raise white flag
By Sofia Menchu and Nelson Renteria GUATEMALA CITY/SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Strict coronavirus lockdowns in Guatemala and El Salvador have so battered local economies that hundreds of families are fly...
May 21, 2020
Facebook’s Zuckerberg embraces more permanent remote work
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will shift toward more permanently embracing remote work even after coronavirus lockdowns ease, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told employees in a publicly broa...
May 21, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 1,551,095 coronavirus cases, 93,061 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 1,551,095 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 22,860 cases from its previous count, and said that th...
May 21, 2020
Floodwaters start to recede in Michigan after flooding
(Reuters) - Floodwaters that breached two privately owned dams in Michigan began to recede on Thursday after displacing thousands of people and spreading to a Dow Chemical plant and a nearby hazardous...
May 21, 2020
