Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Teenage girls in northern Nigeria ‘open their minds’ with robotics
By Seun Sanni and Nneka Chile KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Teenage girls in the northern Nigerian city of Kano are learning robotics, computing and other STEM subjects as part of an innovative project th...
Aug 02, 2021
U.S. Senate works to push $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill to passage
By Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will try to complete work this week on a $1 trillion infrastructure investment bill that would bring long-awaited improvements ...
Aug 02, 2021
Remote Illinois driver’s license renewal to be expanded
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Secretary of State’s office has noticed an increase in foot traffic in its Driver Services facilities. The office is responding by expanding its remote ren...
Aug 02, 2021
U.S. Republican report says coronavirus leaked from Chinese lab; scientists still probing origins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A preponderance of evidence proves the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic leaked from a Chinese research facility, said a report by U.S. Republicans released on Monday, a c...
Aug 01, 2021
U.S. House Democrats seek eviction moratorium extension through Oct. 18
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives on Sunday called on the Biden administration to immediately extend a moratorium on housing evictions through Oct. 18. The...
Aug 01, 2021
Blackstone and Hudson Pacific plan $1 billion film studios in UK
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. firms Blackstone and Hudson Pacific Properties said they planned to create a major film, TV and digital production complex in Broxbourne, north of London, in the first overseas...
Aug 01, 2021
U.S. administers 346.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines -CDC
(Reuters) - The United States had administered 346,456,669 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Sunday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The figures were up...
Aug 01, 2021
At least 10 Republicans likely to support infrastructure bill-Senator Collins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Sunday that she believes more than 10 of her Republican colleagues will ultimately support the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infra...
Aug 01, 2021
Fauci predicts U.S. will not return to lockdowns despite Delta variant risks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday told ABC News he does not expect the United States will be returning to lockdowns, despite the growing ri...
Aug 01, 2021
Teenage suicide attempts on the rise
PEORIA, Ill. – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking a lot of data during the Covid-19 pandemic, including attempted suicides. Among those statistics is that suicide a...
Aug 01, 2021
