Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
As ChatGPT’s popularity explodes, U.S. lawmakers take an interest
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - ChatGPT, a fast-growing artificial intelligence program, has drawn praise for its ability to write answers quickly to a wide range of queries, and attracted U.S. ...
Feb 13, 2023
Binance stablecoin backer ordered to stop issuing token
By Tom Wilson and Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) -New York's chief financial regulator has ordered Paxos, the company behind the stablecoin of major crypto exchange Binance, to stop issuing the t...
Feb 13, 2023
Ruling out aliens? Senior U.S. general says not ruling out anything yet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force general overseeing North American airspace said on Sunday after a series of shoot-downs of unidentified objects that he would not rule out aliens or any other...
Feb 12, 2023
Republicans won’t cut Social Security or Medicare, everything else on the table in debt talks -House Oversight Committee Chair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans will not cut Social Security or Medicare, but everything else is on the table in talks over raising the nation's debt ceiling, U.S. House Oversight Committee Chair J...
Feb 12, 2023
U.S. officials believe flying objects over Alaska and Canada were balloons – Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. national security officials believe the flying objects shot down over Alaska and Canada were balloons, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in an interview on ABC on S...
Feb 12, 2023
Biden lauds ‘bipartisan progress’ as he dines with Republican, Democratic governors
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden appealed to Republican and Democratic governors on Saturday to continue working across political divides to improve Americans' lives and...
Feb 11, 2023
U.S. FAA reopens Montana airspace shut for defense activities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said late Saturday it had reopened some airspace in Montana after it was briefly closed for undisclosed Defense Department activiti...
Feb 11, 2023
Police in North Carolina release video of Taser use on Black man who died
(Reuters) - Police in Raleigh, North Carolina released video showing the events that led to the death of an unarmed Black man last month after officers repeatedly discharged stun guns on him. In the e...
Feb 11, 2023
U.S. energy regulators questioned on oversight of Freeport, Texas, LNG plant
By Arathy Somasekhar FREEPORT, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. energy regulators on Saturday assured Texas residents they are monitoring repairs and the eventual restart of the fire-idled Freeport LNG plant as...
Feb 11, 2023
U.S. Senator Fetterman discharged from hospital
(Reuters) - U.S. Senator John Fetterman was discharged from George Washington University Hospital on Friday, his staff said, two days after he was admitted to the Washington, D.C., facility because he...
Feb 10, 2023
