Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
US Coast Guard finds sheen near oil spill in Gulf of Mexico
(Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday it found a light sheen west of an area in the Gulf of Mexico where it was leading the clean-up of a million-gallon (liters) oil spill for nearly thre...
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
City hall in Brazil’s Maceio requests new damages deal with Braskem
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The city hall of Brazil's northeastern city of Maceio has asked to negotiate a new compensation agreement with petrochemical firm Braskem over the expansion of a risk area linked...
Dec 06, 2023
Texas authorities seek motive after six killed in daylong shooting spree
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Texas investigators on Wednesday were looking to find out why a man went on a shooting rampage that left six people dead and three others wounded a day earlier, and ended whe...
Dec 06, 2023
Paris to plant first ‘urban forest’ on busy roundabout in drive to build a garden city
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris will plant its first "urban forest" on a busy roundabout as part of a plan to turn the French capital into a garden city. This winter, the city will plant 478 trees on the Plac...
Dec 06, 2023
Canada to unveil cap and trade system for oil and gas emissions -gov’t source
By Nia Williams (Reuters) -Canada plans to unveil a cap and trade system starting in 2026 for limiting emissions from the oil and gas sector, a government source said on Wednesday, a step toward fulfi...
Dec 06, 2023
Fixing Bologna’s leaning tower to take at least 10 years – mayor
(Refiles to restore dropped word "are" in final paragraph) ROME (Reuters) -Work to prevent the collapse of a medieval leaning tower in the heart of the northern Italian city of Bologna will cost 20 mi...
Dec 06, 2023
US Senate Republicans block assault-style weapons ban as mass shootings rise
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans moved to block a ban on assault-style weapons put forward by Democrats on Wednesday, as the United States recorded the highest number ...
Dec 06, 2023
