Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
US FDA approves Merck’s drug for kidney cancer
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Merck's drug belzutifan for a type of kidney cancer. The drug, branded as Welireg, is used to treat patients with renal cell carci...
Dec 14, 2023
GM to lay off 1,300 workers at two Michigan plants – automaker
(Reuters) - General Motors said on Thursday it is laying off 1,300 workers at two Michigan auto factories in early January. The largest U.S. automaker said 945 workers will be laid off at its Orion As...
Dec 14, 2023
Top US general to join Pentagon chief for meetings in Israel
(Reuters) - General Charles Q. Brown, the top U.S. general, will join Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for meetings in Israel in the coming days, the Pentagon said on Thursday. It will be the Air Force ...
Dec 14, 2023
DeSantis forms new fundraising effort as Iowa showdown looms
By James Oliphant and Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has largely pinned his presidential hopes on a top finish next month in the early voting state of Iowa, ...
Dec 14, 2023
US judge won’t block US Naval Academy’s race-conscious admissions policy
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request by the group that successfully challenged race-conscious college admissions policies before the U.S. Supreme Court to bar the...
Dec 14, 2023
US Chamber, Comcast oppose plan to reinstate net neutrality
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Comcast Corp said Thursday they sharply oppose the Federal Communications Commission's proposal to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules. The ...
Dec 14, 2023
N.Y. Republicans pick Pilip to seek George Santos’ former seat in Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Republicans have picked Ethiopia-born former Israeli paratrooper Mazi Melesa Pilip as their candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives seat vacated by George Santo...
Dec 14, 2023
Biden campaign courts wealthy donors in D.C. ahead of 2024 race
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's re-election campaign is hosting big-money donors in Washington on Thursday as they plan ramped-up voter outreach for the 2024 race, accordi...
Dec 14, 2023
BP cleaning up 25,000-gallon gasoline spill in Washington state
(Reuters) - BP has been working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and local officials since Sunday to clean up a roughly 25,000-gallon gasoline spill from its Olympic Pipeline near Mount V...
Dec 14, 2023
Ex-FBI official to be sentenced to over four years for work for Russia’s Deripaska
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge said on Thursday she would sentence former FBI official Charles McGonigal to over four years in prison for working for Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch under U.S. s...
Dec 14, 2023
