Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Women state senators cross party lines to block proposed South Carolina abortion ban
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - A day after all five women in the South Carolina state senate banded together to block a proposed abortion ban, Republican Senator Sandy Senn posted a picture of the gr...
Apr 28, 2023
Environmental groups lose bid to undo Gulf of Mexico drilling leases
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) - Offshore drilling leases covering 1.7 million acres of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico will remain in place after a federal appeals court said last year's $430 billio...
Apr 28, 2023
Pentagon awards $7.8 billion F-35 contract to Lockheed Martin
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense said on Friday it has awarded a $7.8 billion contract modification for 126 F-35 multi-role aircraft to weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corp. The modific...
Apr 28, 2023
Judge declines to block Colorado from banning medication abortion reversal
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A federal judge in Denver on Friday rejected a Catholic medical center's bid to block Colorado from banning an unproven treatment meant to reverse the effects of a medic...
Apr 28, 2023
California moves to phase-out diesel-powered trucks, cut locomotive pollution
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - California regulators on Friday approved new rules requiring all medium- and heavy-duty vehicles sold in the state in 2036 be zero-emission, a day after the California ...
Apr 28, 2023
US FDA panel backs AstraZeneca’s prostrate cancer drug
(Reuters) - A panel of U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers on Friday voted for the expanded use of British drugmaker AztraZeneca Plc's experimental treatment, jointly developed with Merck & Co,...
Apr 28, 2023
Biden reduces sentences for 31 convicted of nonviolent drug crimes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday reduced the prison sentences of 31 people convicted of drug-related crimes, using the powers of the presidency to ease punishment for non-viol...
Apr 28, 2023
Supreme Court’s Alito says abortion leak meant to intimidate court -WSJ
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito believes the leak last May of a draft opinion that ended the nationwide right to abortion was meant to "intimidate" the co...
Apr 28, 2023
Obama, Spielberg and Springsteen delight Barcelona restaurant staff
MADRID (Reuters) - People in Barcelona had to do a double take on Friday when former President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and film maker Steven Spielberg joined the throngs of tourists to visit some...
Apr 28, 2023
Time for daily talks between Biden, Republicans on debt, moderate Democrat says
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A prominent moderate U.S. House of Representatives Democrat said Friday that it is time for President Joe Biden to begin daily talks with Republicans on governme...
Apr 28, 2023
