Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
South Dakota governor threatens tribes with legal action on checkpoints
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem on Monday threatened to take legal action against two Native American tribes who have set up vehicle checkpoints in an attempt to conta...
May 11, 2020
CDC reports 1,324,488 coronavirus cases, 79,756 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported 1,324,488 cases of the coronavirus, and said the number of deaths had risen to 79,756. Over the weekend, the CD...
May 11, 2020
Trump says not in favor of reopening China trade deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday said he is not in favor of the United States reopening negotiations with China on Phase 1 of a trade deal, which the two countries agreed on at ...
May 11, 2020
Washington, D.C. expected to waive bus fares until spring 2021
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington, D.C.-area transit system said on Monday it plans to extend its system of waiving bus fares, likely until spring 2021, as it begins plans for ...
May 11, 2020
South Carolina’s Roman Catholic churches among the first in nation to reopen
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - Roman Catholic churches across South Carolina reopened for services on Monday for the first time since a coronavirus-related shutdown began on March 17, allowing pari...
May 11, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court conservatives lean toward shielding religious schools from suits
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy on Monday toward a bid by two Catholic elementary schools in California to avoid discrimination lawsuits by forme...
May 11, 2020
Senate to reconsider expired surveillance tools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will make a renewed attempt this week to extend parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday,...
May 11, 2020
Family of black choir director killed by Houston police demand release of video
By Brad Brooks AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Friends and family of a Houston choir director and gospel singer who was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop demanded on Monday that video of the i...
May 11, 2020
U.S. National Guard chief tests negative for coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief of the U.S. National Guard tested negative for COVID-19 on Monday, in his second negative test since receiving a positive result at a routine screening before a Saturd...
May 11, 2020
White House directs West Wing staff to wear masks at all times: administration official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has directed staff working in the West Wing, where the daily operations of President Donald Trump's administration are carried out, to wear masks at all times in...
May 11, 2020
