Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Top US congressional Democrat on spending says Republicans dragging feet
By Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic chair of the U.S. Senate committee that sets spending policy on Wednesday said Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson was bloc...
Dec 06, 2023
Want greener EVs? Add plant-based ‘leather’ says designer Vicki von Holzhausen
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) - Former auto designer Vicki von Holzhausen thinks carmakers can make their electric vehicles even greener - with the help of bamboo and bananas. Vegan leather made from thos...
Dec 06, 2023
US Coast Guard finds sheen near oil spill in Gulf of Mexico
(Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday it found a light sheen west of an area in the Gulf of Mexico where it was leading the clean-up of a million-gallon (liters) oil spill for nearly thre...
Dec 06, 2023
Las Vegas police say reports of ‘active shooter’ at university, ‘multiple victims’
(Fixes garble in first paragraph) (Reuters) - Las Vegas police said on Wednesday they were responding reports of an active shooter on the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus with "multiple victims."...
Dec 06, 2023
Colombia, Brazil destroy illegal gold dredges in Amazon rainforest
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia and Brazil destroyed 19 illegal gold mining dredges in the Amazon rainforest which were producing about $1.5 million of the precious metal a month and ...
Dec 06, 2023
Biden administration forgives $4.8 billion in student debt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his administration had approved $4.8 billion in student debt cancellation for 80,300 people. "This brings the total debt cancellation ...
Dec 06, 2023
Ex-US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he will leave Congress
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Kevin McCarthy, who won and lost the role of Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in a tumultuous nine months this year, said in a Wall Street...
Dec 06, 2023
Development bank head at COP28 urges African exemption from EU carbon tax
By Simon Jessop, AbdelHadi Ramahi and Rachel Savage DUBAI (Reuters) - African countries should be exempt from a plan by the European Union to impose a carbon tax on some imports, the head of the Afric...
Dec 06, 2023
Exclusive-JFK Airport’s New Terminal One issues $2 billion in muni bonds as part of massive financing for overhaul
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New Terminal One at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport said on Wednesday that it has issued $2 billion in bonds to begin refinancing $6.5 bi...
Dec 06, 2023
Orsted South Fork offshore wind farm delivers first power to NY electric grid
(Reuters) - Danish energy company Orsted's South Fork offshore wind farm off New York State delivered its first power to the state's power grid, according to a press release by New York Governor Kathy...
Dec 06, 2023
