Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Biden welcomes ‘historic’ COP28 deal, cites work needed to reach climate goals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed the agreement reached at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels, calling it a "historic mil...
Dec 13, 2023
Organic tick repellents differ widely in efficacy, study shows
By Mariam Sunny (Reuters) - Increasingly popular botanical oils for repelling and killing ticks are not always as effective as regulated chemical products, according to a report published on Wednesday...
Dec 13, 2023
Alabama family seeks $36 million in Taser death of Jawan Dallas
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - The family of a Black man in Alabama who died in July after police stunned him with a Taser 13 times has filed a $36 million wrongful death lawsuit in federal court, alleging...
Dec 13, 2023
Trump civil fraud trial testimony concludes
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Testimony concluded on Wednesday in Donald Trump's civil fraud trial in New York, where the former U.S. president is accused of lying about his net worth to dupe lenders. The...
Dec 13, 2023
Petrobras expects to make first Amazon mouth drill in 2024, CEO says
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras expects to make its first drill near the mouth of the Amazon River in 2024, its chief executive said on Wednesday, as the firm awaits fo...
Dec 13, 2023
US Supreme Court to weigh challenge to Jan. 6 obstruction charge
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether a defendant arrested in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol can be charged with ob...
Dec 13, 2023
US Supreme Court to decide access to abortion pill in major case
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court, which in 2022 ended its recognition of a constitutional right to abortion, on Wednesday agreed to hear a bid by President Joe Biden's administration...
Dec 13, 2023
Biden to meet with relatives of Americans held hostage by Hamas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden planned to host family members of Americans held hostage by Hamas on Wednesday as Israel intensifies its military campaign in Gaza after a pause in fighting ...
Dec 13, 2023
Court rejects Donald Trump’s request for immunity in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump cannot assert presidential immunity from a defamation lawsuit by writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused him of rape, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wedne...
Dec 13, 2023
Analysis-COP28 calls for adapting to warmer world without resolving how to pay
By Simon Jessop, David Stanway and Kate Abnett DUBAI (Reuters) - How to adapt to the impacts of climate change was one of the many difficult questions addressed at the COP28 talks in Dubai - and how t...
Dec 13, 2023
