Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on edge over world events
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday with heightened security measures in place and tensions running high over the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, poten...
Nov 23, 2023
Explainer-Global fossil fuel subsidies on the rise despite calls for phase-out
By Sarah McFarlane (Reuters) - World governments agreed at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow two years ago to phase out "inefficient" fossil fuel subsidies to help fight global warming. Since then, ...
Nov 23, 2023
CSX train derails in Kentucky, spilling molten sulfur
(Reuters) - A train derailment involving 16 cars, two of which spilled molten sulfur, sparked a fire north of Livingston, Kentucky, railroad operator CSX said on Wednesday, prompting officials to tell...
Nov 23, 2023
Firefighters battle bushfires in Australia’s Perth in rare spring heatwave
By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) - Firefighters were tackling bushfires that destroyed homes in the city of Perth amid a rare spring heatwave in Western Australia, with temperatures expected to reach ...
Nov 22, 2023
Sultan al-Jaber: the UAE oil boss steering COP28
By Maha El Dahan DUBAI (Reuters) - Sultan al-Jaber, the United Arab Emirates oil chief executive and leader of COP28 climate talks, has a formidable reputation for earnestly pursuing results. His posi...
Nov 22, 2023
Biden administration defends West Point’s race-conscious admissions policy
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday urged a federal judge to reject a legal challenge to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point's consideration of race in admissions, sa...
Nov 22, 2023
Actor Jamie Foxx accused of sexual abuse in New York lawsuit
By Dawn Chmielewski and Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx was accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed in New York City on Wednesday that alleges he groped a woman at a rooft...
Nov 22, 2023
US court rejects EPA’s decision to withhold small refinery biofuel waivers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said it struck down the Biden administration's decision to deny small refiners "hardship waivers" that exempt them from nation's biofuel mandat...
Nov 22, 2023
Biden, first lady to attend Georgia service for Rosalynn Carter
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and the first lady, Jill Biden, will attend a service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter in Georgia on Tuesday, the White House said. Carter died earlier this we...
Nov 22, 2023
Music industry veteran Jimmy Iovine faces sexual abuse allegation
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - Music industry veteran Jimmy Iovine was sued on Wednesday by an woman who claims she was sexually abused. In a complaint filed in New York state court in Manhattan, a w...
Nov 22, 2023
