Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Bangladesh region – GFZ
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck the Bangladesh region on Saturday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), GFZ said. (Re...
Dec 01, 2023
COP28 lines up new climate pledges – but do they work?
By Kate Abnett DUBAI (Reuters) - While the world's climate diplomats huddle over draft decisions to be made at the end of this year's U.N. climate summit, governments at COP28 are firing off a flurry ...
Dec 01, 2023
Schwarzenegger lends support to families of Israeli hostages
By Omar Younis SANTA MONICA, California (Reuters) - Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday met relatives of three people seized by Hamas in Israel and now held in Gaza, lending his...
Dec 01, 2023
Judge rejects Trump immunity claim in federal 2020 election case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday said Donald Trump does not have immunity from criminal charges for actions he took as president, rejecting a bid by the Republican to toss out the case acc...
Dec 01, 2023
Florida appeals court upholds DeSantis-backed congressional map
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - A Florida appeals court on Friday upheld the state's congressional map backed by Governor Ron DeSantis that a lower court had ruled violated the state constitution by dimini...
Dec 01, 2023
Georgia Republicans advance new US House map that maintains their edge
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Georgia Republicans on Friday unveiled a proposed map of U.S. House of Representatives districts in the state for the 2024 election that includes a new majority-Black district...
Dec 01, 2023
Inmate charged with attempted murder after George Floyd killer Chauvin stabbed 22 times
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal inmate was charged on Friday with attempted murder and other offenses for allegedly stabbing Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer con...
Dec 01, 2023
Exclusive-Boeing eliminated from US Air Force’s ‘Doomsday Plane’ competition
By Valerie Insinna and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force has eliminated Boeing from its competition to develop a successor to the E-4B Nightwatch, Boeing confirmed on Friday, shakin...
Dec 01, 2023
Wisconsin man admits to firebombing anti-abortion group’s office
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty on Friday to firebombing a conservative anti-abortion group's office in May 2022, just days after a leaked draft of the U.S. Supreme Court's ...
Dec 01, 2023
What to watch at COP28 on Saturday?
DUBAI (Reuters) - World leaders are set to take the stage for a second day at the U.N. climate summit in Dubai on Saturday, as their governments lined up a slew of new pledges around green energy. Amo...
Dec 01, 2023
