Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Agents protecting Biden’s granddaughter open fire in car break-in incident -AP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secret Service agents detailed to protect President Joe Biden's granddaughter fired shots after three people tried to break into an unmarked Secret Service vehicle late Sun...
Nov 13, 2023
Biden administration aims to free up more wireless spectrum
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said Monday it is issuing a new strategy and presidential memorandum that aims to free up additional wireless spectrum for advanced technology needs and soaring ...
Nov 13, 2023
US House to vote on impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas
By Moira Warburton and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House will vote on Monday whether to advance or block a Republican charge to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas fo...
Nov 13, 2023
Thousands evacuated as Iceland braces for volcanic eruption
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Some 900 earthquakes hit southern Iceland on Monday, authorities said, adding to tens of thousands of tremors that rattled the region in recent weeks as the country braces for w...
Nov 13, 2023
BKV, EnLink start first carbon capture project in Texas
(Reuters) - Energy firms BKV and Enlink Midstream said on Monday the first injection of carbon dioxide at a carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility in Texas was completed ahead of schedule. The Barn...
Nov 13, 2023
British environment minister Coffey resigns in reshuffle
LONDON (Reuters) - British environment secretary Therese Coffey resigned on Monday as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reshuffled his top team of ministers. "I consider it is now the right time to step back...
Nov 13, 2023
Kenya’s president urges progress on global plastics treaty
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Negotiators working on the world's first treaty to curb plastic pollution need to hurry up and strike a deal, Kenya's President William Ruto said on Monday at the ...
Nov 13, 2023
Los Angeles freeway closed by fire, creating commuter headache
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Los Angeles commuters are starting their workweek with a major traffic headache on Monday as a downtown stretch of the heavily transited Santa Monica Freeway remained clos...
Nov 13, 2023
Donald Trump Jr. to testify second time in father’s civil fraud trial
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Donald Trump Jr. is set to testify again on Monday in his father's civil fraud trial, this time called by the defense to field questions about the former U.S. president's fam...
Nov 13, 2023
New US House speaker tries to muster his Republicans to avert government shutdown
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fledgling U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson faces his first big legislative battle this week as his tries to marshal his fractious Republican ma...
Nov 13, 2023
