Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Maui children face grief, destruction as schools start up after wildfire
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - Before wildfire ravaged the Hawaiian community of Lahaina last week, high school teacher Mike Landes was always the guy arguing that academics come first - before worri...
Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2023
More evacuations as wildfire burns out of control on Spain’s Tenerife
TENERIFE, Canary Islands, Spain (Reuters) - More people were evacuated from their homes on the Spanish island of Tenerife on Saturday morning as a wildfire raging in the north of the island remained o...
Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2023
GM’s Cruise robotaxi collides with fire truck in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Cruise robotaxi was involved in a crash with an emergency vehicle in San Francisco late on Thursday, the General Motors unit said, a week after a California agency voted to...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2023
U.S. NHC says 70% chance of cyclone near Cape Verde Islands
(Reuters) - A broad area of low pressure located a few hundred miles west of the Cape Verde Islands has a 70% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next two days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2023
US FDA approves Regeneron’s 8-mg dose of eye disease drug Eylea
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the 8-mg dose of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' eye disease drug Eylea, the company said in a statement on Friday. (Reporting by Jahnavi Nidumolu...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2023
Kishida to visit Fukushima plant on Sunday before water release decision
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will visit the Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday ahead of a final decision on when to begin releasing wastewater from the wrecked facili...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2023
Georgia man sentenced to 27 years in jail over $463 million genetic testing scheme
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Georgia man who was convicted late last year for his role in a $463 million genetic testing scheme to defraud Medicare was sentenced to 27 years in prison on...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2023
Bankman-Fried’s lawyers blast trial prep time as ‘entirely inadequate’
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried on Friday rejected as "entirely inadequate" the U.S. government's plan for letting the jailed founder of the collapsed FTX crypto...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2023
Brazil govt pushes Congress to approve ‘green’ bills before COP28
By Leticia Fucuchima SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's government expects Congress to approve a series of energy transition-related bills in the next 100 days that it believes will boost the country's de...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2023
Japan’s release of Fukushima water not discussed at Camp David summit
CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Friday the controversy of Japan soon pumping water from its wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea was not on the Cam...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2023




