Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
US military’s secretive X-37B spaceplane ready for launch to higher orbit
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - After weeks of false starts and delays, SpaceX teams prepared again on Thursday to launch the military's secretive X-37B robot spa...
Dec 28, 2023
Brazil cracks down as wildcat miners in the Amazon shift their operations
By Adriano Machado SUCUNDURI, Brazil (Reuters) - Deep in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil is fighting destructive wildcat gold mining as it spreads from Indigenous lands into government-protected conserv...
Dec 28, 2023
US, Mexico to keep border crossings open, Lopez Obrador says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican and U.S. officials agreed to keep border crossings open, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday, after several key rail crossings were temporari...
Dec 28, 2023
How history, race and politics divide Tennessee on gun legislation
By Donna Bryson (Reuters) - Photographs can say a lot without words. After a school shooting in Tennessee, they recorded the frustrations of parents and state legislators whose cries for gun control w...
Dec 28, 2023
River Danube bursts its banks in Budapest, water highest since 2013
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The River Danube burst its banks in Budapest on Thursday, with water levels at their highest in a decade as heavy rain and snow followed by mild weather triggered unusually early ...
Dec 28, 2023
Sinopec forecasts China’s coal consumption to peak around 2025
(Reuters) - China Petrochemical Corp, or Sinopec, expects coal consumption to peak around 2025 at 4.37 billion metric tons, the state energy group said in an outlook released on Thursday. Non-fossil e...
Dec 28, 2023
Republicans appeal Trump Colorado ballot disqualification to US Supreme Court – attorney
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after Colorado's top court disqualified former President Donald Trump from app...
Dec 27, 2023
Dozens arrested in pro-Palestinian protests at two major U.S. airports
By Steve Gorman and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian protesters blocked morning traffic on Wednesday around Los Angeles International Airport and New York's John F. Kennedy International Air...
Dec 27, 2023
GM sues San Francisco, seeking $121 million in back taxes, penalties
By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - General Motors has sued the city of San Francisco, seeking to recover more than $100 million, alleging that it was charged a higher tax bill than warranted ...
Dec 27, 2023
US court rejects sentence appeal by Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A U.S. court has rejected an appeal by former Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to review a 2019 ruling that sentenced him to life in prison. Guzman, who for years le...
Dec 27, 2023
