Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Factbox-Where are the 12 US gov’t funding bills to avert shutdown?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress is staring down a Nov. 17 deadline for avoiding U.S. government shutdowns and likely will have to approve a short-term spending bill giving lawmakers more time to negot...
Nov 08, 2023
NTSB chair says US near miss aviation incidents ‘clear warning sign’
(Reuters) - National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy will tell a U.S. Senate subcommittee that an increase in near miss aviation incidents is a "clear warning sign that the U.S. Avi...
Nov 08, 2023
New Mexico’s rules help curb methane emissions more than Texas- Kayrros
(Reuters) - Texas saw twice as many methane leaks as New Mexico in the Permian Basin between 2019 and Oct. 2023, according to data from environmental research group Kayrros, highlighting the impact of...
Nov 08, 2023
Brazil says EU deforestation rules hamper Mercosur trade deal negotiation
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian officials said on Wednesday new legislation enacted by the European Union to ban the import of goods linked to deforestation was complicating negotiati...
Nov 08, 2023
El Nino rains wipe out Paraguay neighborhoods, with more to come
By Cesar Olmedo AYOLAS, Paraguay (Reuters) - Heavy rains caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon has sent hundreds to shelters in the town of Ayolas in southern Paraguay, with residents bracing for m...
Nov 08, 2023
Republican US House Speaker Johnson nears choice on avoiding gov’t shutdown
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Speaker Mike Johnson told key Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday that he will decide within the next two days on a path to aver...
Nov 08, 2023
North America faces power reliability challenges again this winter -NERC
(Reuters) - Large parts of the U.S. and Canada power grid serving around 180 million people could be left without enough electricity during extreme cold again this winter, a group that sets North Amer...
Nov 08, 2023
White House denounces lawmaker Tlaib’s use of pro-Palentinian rallying cry in Israel-Hamas conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday denounced U.S. lawmaker Rashida Tlaib's use of a pro-Palestinian rallying cry "from the river to the sea", which is viewed by many Jews as antisemit...
Nov 08, 2023
US says prostitution ring counted politicians, tech execs, lawyers as clients
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday charged three people with running a high-end brothel network out of apartment complexes in greater Boston and northern Virginia whose c...
Nov 08, 2023
US House Oversight panel will issue subpoenas to president’s son, brother to appear
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Oversight Committee said on Wednesday it will issue subpoenas to President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, and brother, James Biden, to appear for depositions, in ...
Nov 08, 2023
