Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
US FDA panel backs Otsuka’s blood pressure treatment device
(Reuters) -A panel of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisers on Tuesday recommended the use of a device made by a unit of Otsuka Holdings in a type of surgery to treat high blood pressure. T...
Aug 22, 2023
McDonald’s, CEO must face ex-security executive’s race bias claims
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A federal judge in Chicago on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing McDonald's Corp of pushing out a Black executive after he criticized CEO Chris Kempczinski fo...
Aug 22, 2023
Fed doves, Fed hawks: US central bankers in their words
(Reuters) - The labels "dove" and "hawk" have long been used by central bank watchers to describe the monetary policy leanings of policymakers, with a dove more focused on risks to the labor market an...
Aug 22, 2023
US says automakers can comply with Massachusetts repair law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S auto safety regulators said Tuesday that major automakers could comply with a Massachusetts vehicle data law that seeks to allow car owners to get repairs completed by indep...
Aug 22, 2023
US govt awards $1.4 billion for development of new COVID therapies, vaccines
(Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Tuesday it had awarded $1.4 billion for the development of new therapies and vaccines against COVID-19, including a $326 million contract with Regeneron Pharmac...
Aug 22, 2023
Number of US children killed by guns hit record high in 2021 – study
By Rachel Nostrant (Reuters) - Child gun deaths in the United States have hit a record high, according to a new study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Using the Centers for Disease Con...
Aug 22, 2023
Key hearing for U.S. carbon capture pipeline begins in Iowa
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - Iowa residents living along the route of the U.S.'s largest proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) pipeline told state regulators they were worried about possible ruptur...
Aug 22, 2023
Climate change made Eastern Canada wildfires twice as likely, scientists say
By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - The fires that tore through the Canadian province of Quebec between May and July were made at least twice as likely by climate change, scientists said on Tuesday. C...
Aug 22, 2023
Lawsuit says Gannett discriminates against white workers to meet diversity goals
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - Gannett Co Inc, the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, is facing a lawsuit claiming its efforts to diversify newsrooms led to discrimination against white workers. The pr...
Aug 22, 2023
Albania fights wildfire, arrests arson suspect
KURBIN, Albania (Reuters) - Albania is fighting a large wildfire near the western town of Lac, the army and firefighters trying to keep away the flames threatening houses, the interior minister said o...
Aug 22, 2023
