Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News

By Jeff Mason NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Education Department will press forward with a "secret shopper" program to help ensure that companies properly service student loans as millions of borrower...

By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - The stars of "The Hunger Games" prequel welcomed the end of a four-month long Hollywood actors strike on Thursday as they walked the red carpet at the film's world ...

By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress urged President Joe Biden to make demands of China's leader Xi Jinping over detained Americans and other issues when they mee...

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville prevented the approval of hundreds of military nominations on Thursday, continuing his blockade of promotions in pr...

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck Papua New Guinea region on Friday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)said. The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.21 miles),...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin on Thursday announced that he will not seek re-election in 2024. "I have made one of the toughest decisions of my life and decided that I wil...

(Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell resumed a speech at the International Monetary Fund on Thursday after climate protestors briefly disrupted the event Powell left the stage after the arri...

(Reuters) - A museum dedicated solely to the life and illustrious career of NBA great LeBron James is opening this month in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, his foundation said on Thursday. LeBron James' ...

PARIS (Reuters) - French actor Catherine Deneuve kicked off the holiday shopping season in Paris on Thursday, presiding over a ribbon-snipping ceremony for the Christmas window displays of department ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon dropped by 22.3% in the 12 months through July, government data showed on Friday, marking the smallest area cleared from the world's largest rainf...