Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
US Gulf Coast oil patch gets lucky, so far, in busy hurricane season
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - A very active Atlantic hurricane season so far this year has not sent storms across U.S. oil and natural gas fields in the northern Gulf of Mexico, sparing energy com...
Oct 19, 2023
US judge declares California’s assault weapons ban unconstitutional
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday declared a California law banning assault weapons unconstitutional, saying the prohibition enacted in 1989 against semi-automatic weapons could ...
Oct 19, 2023
El Nino worries Brazil soy farmers as planting progresses, grain lobby says
By Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Soybean farmers in top growing state Mato Grosso worry that scarce rains and high temperatures will lead to replanting of some areas while lowering yields in ot...
Oct 19, 2023
El Nino to continue into mid-2024, threatening agriculture
By Juana Casas SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The El Nino weather phenomenon will last at least through the first half of 2024, according to the latest United Nations forecasts, with abnormal rainfall due acros...
Oct 19, 2023
Alex Jones can’t avoid Sandy Hook verdicts in bankruptcy – judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones cannot use his personal bankruptcy to escape paying defamation verdicts stemming from his repeated lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school ...
Oct 19, 2023
Biden expected to tap Asia hand Kurt Campbell as No. 2 US diplomat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to nominate his top White House Asia aide Kurt Campbell to serve as deputy secretary of state, said three U.S. sources on Thursday, tapping ...
Oct 19, 2023
Top Hollywood actors offer $150 million to help end strike
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar winner George Clooney and other top Hollywood stars have offered $150 million to the SAG-AFTRA actors union as part of a proposal to end the actors' stri...
Oct 19, 2023
Historic Amazon drought halts some grain barge navigation
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Some grain shipments on rivers in Northern Brazil have been halted due to a drought that has sent Amazon river tributaries to the lowest level in over a century, acco...
Oct 19, 2023
US Supreme Court declines to allow hearing on Louisiana electoral map
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to clear the way for a judge to hold a hearing to choose a new electoral map for Louisiana that includes a second majority-Black ...
Oct 19, 2023
US Treasury’s financial crimes unit proposes cracking down on cryptocurrency mixers
(Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on Thursday proposed increasing transparency around cryptocurrency "mixers" to combat the use of the tool by ma...
Oct 19, 2023
