Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. CDC urges avoiding travel to Israel, France, Thailand over COVID-19
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned on Monday against travel to Israel, France, Thailand, Iceland and several other countries be...
Aug 09, 2021
U.S. settles scientist’s whistleblower complaint about Trump COVID-19 response
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The U.S. government has agreed to compensate a scientist who filed a whistleblower complaint that said former President Donald Trump's administration botched its early respons...
Aug 09, 2021
Biden welcomes fresh review of Sept. 11 attack documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said he welcomed a Justice Department filing on Monday committing to a fresh review of documents related to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United Sta...
Aug 09, 2021
Rare bacterial outbreak kills one in Georgia: U.S. health body
(Reuters) - One person in the U.S. state of Georgia died following a multi-state outbreak of melioidosis infection likely linked to imported products, health officials said on Monday. A total of four ...
Aug 09, 2021
28 U.S. House Democrats want $85 billion in EV charging infrastructure funding
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 28 U.S. House Democrats on Monday asked congressional leaders to back $85 billion in funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, a big j...
Aug 09, 2021
Lawmakers ask U.S. Justice Department to stop seeking death penalty
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Four members of the U.S. Congress working to abolish capital punishment wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday to ask that he order Department of Justice att...
Aug 09, 2021
Delta variant pushes U.S. cases, hospitalizations to 6-month high
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in the United States are at a six-month high, fueled by the rapid spread of the Delta variant across swathes of the country...
Aug 09, 2021
Pentagon to seek approval to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory -officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon on Monday is expected to seek U.S. President Joe Biden's approval to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for service members no later than the middle of September, two ...
Aug 09, 2021
Rx drop-off event Saturday collects more than 1,000 pounds of unused medication
PEORIA, Ill. — Illinois State Representative Ryan Spain and Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell hosted a free-drive through prescription drug drop-off event Saturday that collected over 1,000 pou...
Aug 09, 2021
Florida appeals ruling allowing cruise to use ‘vaccine passports’
(Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Monday the state will appeal a federal judge's ruling that allowed Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd to require Miami passengers show documented proo...
Aug 09, 2021
