Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Senate attempts to complete $1 trillion infrastructure bill
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Following months of negotiation and delay, the U.S. Senate was inching closer on Monday to finishing a $1 trillion infrastructure spending bill, with a vote on ...
Aug 09, 2021
Facebook pressed by U.S. lawmakers on disabling NYU research accounts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers pressed Facebook Inc on Monday on why it disabled the accounts of researchers studying political ads on the social media platform, saying it was "imperative" that...
Aug 09, 2021
Norwegian Cruise says U.S. judge allows it to ask for passengers’ vaccine proof
(Reuters) - Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. said on Sunday that a U.S. judge ruled in its favor allowing it to document passengers' COVID-19 immunity status and put on hold Florida's ban on "vacci...
Aug 08, 2021
U.S. administers over 351 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines -CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 351,400,930 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Sunday morning and distributed 407,561,705 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Aug 08, 2021
One Injured in Peoria County rollover accident
PEORIA, Ill. – The driver of a vehicle was transported to a hospital following a rollover accident in Peoria County. Peoria firefighters and paramedics were dispatched to Radnor Road at the Rout...
Aug 08, 2021
Dixie Fire, still raging, is now California’s second-largest wildfire ever
(Reuters) - A raging wildfire in northern California is now the second-largest recorded in state history, officials said on Sunday, days after the blaze destroyed a historic gold rush town and forced ...
Aug 08, 2021
Box Office: ‘The Suicide Squad’ Underwhelms With $26.5 Million Debut
By Rebecca Rubin LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) - "The Suicide Squad," the R-rated comic book adaptation directed by James Gunn, underwhelmed in its box office debut, collecting $26.5 million from 4,002 N...
Aug 08, 2021
Cuomo accuser who filed criminal complaint over groping speaks publicly for first time
(Reuters) - A former assistant who filed a criminal complaint against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo last week for allegedly groping her in the Executive Mansion in Albany will speak publicly for the ...
Aug 08, 2021
U.S. teachers’ union shifts stance to back vaccine mandate as COVID surges
By Susan Heavey (Reuters) - U.S. teachers should be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect students who are too young to be inoculated, the head of the nation's second-largest teachers...
Aug 08, 2021
Ex-Justice Dept head described Trump’s election pressure campaign: senator
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump mounted an intense pressure campaign on the U.S. Justice Department to overturn his election defeat in his final weeks in office, the ...
Aug 08, 2021
