Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
US House Republicans seek to halt Biden EV regulations
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to bar the Biden administration from moving forward with stringent vehicle emissions regulatio...
Dec 06, 2023
Trump gag orders in NY civil fraud case should remain, AG says
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump should remain barred from speaking publicly about court staff in his civil fraud trial, the New York attorney general's office said on Wednesday. The jud...
Dec 06, 2023
US must do more on mental health of aviation professionals -regulator
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States must do more to prioritize the mental health of pilots, air traffic controllers and other aviation professionals, a top safety official sai...
Dec 06, 2023
University of Pennsylvania donors, students call for president to resign after congressional hearing
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - University of Pennsylvania students and alumni stepped up calls on Wednesday for Liz Magill to resign as the school's president, after she declined to say outright duri...
Dec 06, 2023
Democratic lawmakers unveil bill to give people in US prisons right to vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley and U.S. Senator Peter Welch on Wednesday unveiled a bill that if passed would grant the right to vote nationwide to people who ha...
Dec 06, 2023
US Northwest rains winding down amid record high temperatures
(Reuters) - An atmospheric river that has drenched the U.S. Northwest forced more road closures on Wednesday, but the worst of the rain appeared to be winding down with record high temperatures moving...
Dec 06, 2023
Top US congressional Democrat on spending says Republicans dragging feet
By Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic chair of the U.S. Senate committee that sets spending policy on Wednesday said Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson was bloc...
Dec 06, 2023
Las Vegas police say reports of ‘active shooter’ at university, ‘multiple victims’
(Fixes garble in first paragraph) (Reuters) - Las Vegas police said on Wednesday they were responding reports of an active shooter on the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus with "multiple victims."...
Dec 06, 2023
Colombia, Brazil destroy illegal gold dredges in Amazon rainforest
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia and Brazil destroyed 19 illegal gold mining dredges in the Amazon rainforest which were producing about $1.5 million of the precious metal a month and ...
Dec 06, 2023
Biden administration forgives $4.8 billion in student debt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his administration had approved $4.8 billion in student debt cancellation for 80,300 people. "This brings the total debt cancellation ...
Dec 06, 2023
