Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Hawaiian Electric CEO defends decision not to de-energize power lines
BOSTON (Reuters) - Hawaiian Electric CEO Shelee Kimura on Thursday defended the utility's decision not to de-energize power lines before high winds precipitated a deadly wildfire that killed at least ...
Sep 28, 2023
IMF says US government shutdown is ‘avoidable risk,’ urges parties to reach consensus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said a looming shutdown of the U.S. government posed an "avoidable risk" to the nation's economy, and urged parties to reach consensu...
Sep 28, 2023
Election denier Kari Lake to seek US Senate seat in Arizona -WSJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Kari Lake, a former Arizona gubernatorial candidate who has echoed former President Donald Trump's false claims about fraud at the 2020 election, will announce a 2024...
Sep 28, 2023
Bankman-Fried loses bid for release from jail during trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried, the indicted founder of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, on Thursday lost his bid to be released from jail during his fraud trial starting next week. B...
Sep 28, 2023
Biden administration to take new actions against antisemitism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will take a new step on Thursday aimed at countering discrimination based on shared ancestry, with plans by eight federal agencies to use the landmark C...
Sep 28, 2023
US traffic deaths fall in 2023 but remain above pre-pandemic levels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators on Thursday said traffic deaths fell by 3.3% in the first half of 2023 but remain sharply higher than pre-pandemic levels. The National Highway Traff...
Sep 28, 2023
Britain sets out zero-emission timetable for carmakers
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday new vehicles must become fully zero-emission by 2035, in a production timetable set out by the government for carmakers after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak del...
Sep 28, 2023
US jail practices are racist and an ‘affront to human dignity’, UN experts say
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights experts have called for major reforms of the U.S. criminal justice system to combat systemic racism, saying jailed Black women had been shackled duri...
Sep 28, 2023
BBC updates social media rules for star presenters like Gary Lineker
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's BBC said its top stars such as Gary Lineker could opine on political issues on social media but must stop short of campaigning, in new guidelines prompted by a row over th...
Sep 28, 2023
Britain’s famous Sycamore Gap tree ‘deliberately felled’
LONDON (Reuters) - The famous Sycamore Gap tree, located in a natural dip in the landscape alongside Hadrian's Wall in Northern England, is believed to have been "deliberately felled" overnight, the N...
Sep 28, 2023
