Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Exclusive-Biden officials kept immigration jails despite internal cost concerns
By Ted Hesson (Reuters) - Biden administration officials last year recommended closing or downsizing nine immigration detention centers because of high costs and staffing shortages, a move that could ...
Sep 27, 2023
Hollywood writers’ deal may set a template for talks with striking actors
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The tentative deal Hollywood writers reached with the major studios and streaming services could serve as a template for actors, who have ...
Sep 26, 2023
Musk’s X disabled feature for reporting electoral misinformation – researcher
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Elon Musk's X, formerly called Twitter, disabled a feature that let users report misinformation about elections, a research organisation said on Wednesday, throwing fr...
Sep 26, 2023
Consulting firm McKinsey to pay $230 million in latest US opioid settlements
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Consulting firm McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay $230 million to resolve lawsuits by hundreds of U.S. local governments and school districts alleging it fueled an epidemic of...
Sep 26, 2023
California enacts first state tax on guns, ammunition in US
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed into law a first-in-the-nation state excise tax on sales of firearms and ammunition, aimed at raising a proje...
Sep 26, 2023
Hollywood writers guild calls end to strike on Wednesday
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Writers Guild of America (WGA) said its members could return to work on Wednesday while a ratification vote takes place on a new three-year contract with Hollywood studios....
Sep 26, 2023
Youth vs Europe: ‘Unprecedented’ climate trial to kick off at rights court
By Catarina Demony (Reuters) - Six young people from areas in Portugal ravaged by wildfires and heatwaves will on Wednesday take 32 European governments to court over what they see as climate inaction...
Sep 26, 2023
Menendez indictment prompts calls in US Congress for Egypt aid rethink
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Charges that Senator Bob Menendez accepted bribes in exchange for wielding his influence to aid the Egyptian government prompted calls in the U.S. Congress ...
Sep 26, 2023
Baseball-Orioles’ star third baseman Brooks Robinson dies at 86
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - Brooks Robinson, a virtuoso third baseman who was known as "The Human Vacuum Cleaner" because of his defensive prowess at the position during a Hall of Fame career spent en...
Sep 26, 2023
Hillary Clinton pokes Putin on NATO expansion: ‘Too bad, Vladimir’
By Arshad Mohammed and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton needled Russian President Vladimir Putin about NATO enlargement on Tuesday, saying: "Too bad,...
Sep 26, 2023
