Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
U.S. State Dept aware of 29 citizens dead and 15 missing – spokesperson
RIYADH (Reuters) - Twenty-nine citizens of the United States have perished in Hamas attacks in Israel, a U.S. State Department spokesperson confirmed on Saturday. Previously 27 had been confirmed dead...
Oct 14, 2023
Annular solar eclipse transfixes crowds across the Americas
By Alberto Fajardo CAMPECHE, Mexico (Reuters) - Thousands of people across the Americas gazed at the heavens on Saturday to witness a rare phenomenon known as an annular solar eclipse, when the moon p...
Oct 14, 2023
Actor Michael Caine says he is retiring aged 90
LONDON (Reuters) - British actor and two-time Oscar winner Michael Caine has said he will retire from acting, aged 90, following the release of his latest film. "I keep saying I'm going to retire. Wel...
Oct 14, 2023
George Clooney to studios: ‘At least get in the room’ with striking actors
By Omar Younis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar winner George Clooney urged Hollywood studios on Friday to return to the bargaining table with striking actors to try and resolve their differences over a ...
Oct 13, 2023
US Republican speaker nominee Jordan known as Ukraine aid skeptic
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Jim Jordan, who won the Republican nomination to lead the House of Representatives on Friday, has voted against most aid to Ukraine as i...
Oct 13, 2023
House lawmakers urge US airlines to quickly resume flights to Israel
(Reuters) - More than 30 U.S. lawmakers on Friday urged the chief executives of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines to resume flights to Israel "as soon as possible." The three U.S....
Oct 13, 2023
Idaho bill restricting trans students’ restroom use can take effect -judge
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A federal judge has allowed an Idaho law requiring public-school students to use the bathroom corresponding to their assigned sex at birth to take effect, while also all...
Oct 13, 2023
US Nobel-winning poet Louise Gluck dead at age 80
(Reuters) -Louise Gluck, a renowned poet who won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 2020, has died at age 80, according to media reports on Friday that cited her editor as a source. Her poetry was known ...
Oct 13, 2023
Jim Jordan, longtime critic of top US House Republicans, grasps at gavel
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Jim Jordan, founder of a hardline U.S. House caucus that a former Republican speaker derided as "legislative terrorists," on Friday was nominated b...
Oct 13, 2023
US House Republicans choose Jim Jordan as speaker nominee – Rep. Stefanik
(Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans on Friday choose Congressman Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker, Rep. Elise Stefanik said in a social media post. U.S. media outlets said the vote was 124-81 ag...
Oct 13, 2023
