Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
CSX train derails in Kentucky, spilling molten sulfur
(Reuters) - A train derailment involving 16 cars, two of which spilled molten sulfur, sparked a fire north of Livingston, Kentucky, railroad operator CSX said on Wednesday, prompting officials to tell...
Nov 23, 2023
Firefighters battle bushfires in Australia’s Perth in rare spring heatwave
By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) - Firefighters were tackling bushfires that destroyed homes in the city of Perth amid a rare spring heatwave in Western Australia, with temperatures expected to reach ...
Nov 23, 2023
Sultan al-Jaber: the UAE oil boss steering COP28
By Maha El Dahan DUBAI (Reuters) - Sultan al-Jaber, the United Arab Emirates oil chief executive and leader of COP28 climate talks, has a formidable reputation for earnestly pursuing results. His posi...
Nov 23, 2023
Biden administration defends West Point’s race-conscious admissions policy
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday urged a federal judge to reject a legal challenge to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point's consideration of race in admissions, sa...
Nov 22, 2023
Actor Jamie Foxx accused of sexual abuse in New York lawsuit
By Dawn Chmielewski and Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx was accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed in New York City on Wednesday that alleges he groped a woman at a rooft...
Nov 22, 2023
US court rejects EPA’s decision to withhold small refinery biofuel waivers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said it struck down the Biden administration's decision to deny small refiners "hardship waivers" that exempt them from nation's biofuel mandat...
Nov 22, 2023
Biden, first lady to attend Georgia service for Rosalynn Carter
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and the first lady, Jill Biden, will attend a service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter in Georgia on Tuesday, the White House said. Carter died earlier this we...
Nov 22, 2023
Music industry veteran Jimmy Iovine faces sexual abuse allegation
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - Music industry veteran Jimmy Iovine was sued on Wednesday by an woman who claims she was sexually abused. In a complaint filed in New York state court in Manhattan, a w...
Nov 22, 2023
DeSantis super PAC head quits, latest blow to struggling Republican’s presidential bid
By Gram Slattery and Tim Reid (Reuters) - The head of a political action committee (PAC) supporting Republican Ron DeSantis resigned on Wednesday, dealing a further blow to the Florida governor's stru...
Nov 22, 2023
Mountain villages fight for future as melting glaciers threaten floods
By Charlotte Greenfield HUNZA, Pakistan (Reuters) - On the steep slope of a glacier jutting through the Hunza valley in Pakistan's mountainous far north, Tariq Jamil measures the ice's movement and sn...
Nov 22, 2023
