Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
US colleges become flashpoints for protests on both sides of Israel-Hamas war
By Joseph Ax and Gabriella Borter NEW YORK (Reuters) - At Columbia University on Thursday, two groups of hundreds of students tensely faced each other in dueling pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonst...
Oct 12, 2023
U.S. law enforcement steps up security ahead of expected Mideast protests
By Dan Whitcomb and Steve Gorman (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement agencies have escalated security measures to safeguard Jewish and Muslim communities ahead of global pro-Palestinian protests expected...
Oct 12, 2023
Striking actors vow resolve, studios balk at latest demands
By Omar Younis and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Striking Hollywood actors vowed to hold firm on Thursday in their push for higher compensation and other gains as studios rejected a union dema...
Oct 12, 2023
Steve Scalise says drops out of race for U.S. House speaker
(Reuters) - Steve Scalise, who had secured the Republican Party's nomination to be the next speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives but was short of the 217 votes needed to be elected on the Hous...
Oct 12, 2023
NFL-Swift in attendance at Chiefs game for third time
(Reuters) - Pop megastar Taylor Swift was seen in attendance prior to the start of the Kansas City Chiefs game on Thursday, the third time the 12-time Grammy winner has attended one of the team's game...
Oct 12, 2023
Split verdict for Colorado police officers tried in death of Elijah McClain
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -A jury in Colorado on Thursday found police officer Randy Roedema guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, a young Black man who died af...
Oct 12, 2023
Scientists track ‘alarming’ melt in Antarctic ice shelves
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Around 40% of Antarctica's ice shelves have significantly shrunk over the last 25 years, scientists said on Thursday, in findings the European Space Agency said wer...
Oct 12, 2023
US signals Iran won’t access its $6 billion in Qatar any time soon
By Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States signaled on Thursday that it would not grant Iran access to $6 billion in Iranian funds parked in a Qatar bank ...
Oct 12, 2023
NY will not change offshore wind and other renewable power sales contracts
(Reuters) - New York regulators on Thursday denied requests by developers of offshore wind projects and dozens of land-based renewable projects seeking billions of dollars in additional funding for ex...
Oct 12, 2023
Biden to release plan for additional US funding next week, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will release his supplemental funding request next week, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at a news briefing on Thursday without...
Oct 12, 2023
