Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. Soccer scores victory in equal pay suit with women’s team players
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. women's soccer team's claims for equal pay were dismissed by a court on Friday, handing a victory to the United States Soccer Federation. Judge R. Gary Klausner of the Un...
May 01, 2020
SpaceX to bring astronauts to short-handed Space Station for longer stay
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two NASA astronauts gearing up to ride SpaceX's new space taxi will now be on a mission planned to last more than a month, instead of a week, to help the short-...
May 01, 2020
Coronavirus scrambles 2020 expectations for Trump in must-win Florida
By James Oliphant, Steve Holland and Saundra Amrhein TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - Before the coronavirus pandemic, Desi Marinov considered herself "apolitical." The Fort Lauderdale, Florida, flight attenda...
May 01, 2020
Trump leaves White House grounds for first time since March 28
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, cooped up in the White House for weeks due to the coronavirus lockdown, flew to Camp David, Maryland, on Friday for a weekend away at the presidenti...
May 01, 2020
California governor says coronavirus easing ‘days away’ as protesters throng beach
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California is days away from announcing a meaningful loosening of its coronavirus-related restrictions, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Friday, as prot...
May 01, 2020
Ice cream maker Blue Bell to plead guilty, pay $19 million over listeria outbreak
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Texas-based ice cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creameries has agreed to pay $19.35 million and plead guilty to charges that it shipped contaminated products linked to a 2015 ...
May 01, 2020
‘No $, no rent’ – protesters call for economic help at New York May Day demonstrations
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Protesters in New York City staged a rolling demonstration from their cars to mark May Day on Friday, calling on the government to protect workers' rights and provide aid to help ...
May 01, 2020
U.S. health official Fauci testimony to Congress blocked: aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci has been blocked by the White House from testifying next week to a congressional committee examining the administration's response to the ...
May 01, 2020
Trump now says he hopes U.S. deaths from coronavirus are under 100,000
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday seemingly increased his estimate of possible U.S. deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, telling a White House event he hopes for less than 100,0...
May 01, 2020
KCNA reports North Korea leader Kim Jong Un resuming public activity
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's state news agency KCNA said on Saturday leader Kim Jong Un attended the completion of a fertilizer plant in a region north of the capital, Pyongyang, in the first repor...
May 01, 2020
