Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Want a bigger raise? How about $50? U.S. companies push COVID shots for staff
By Timothy Aeppel and Ben Klayman (Reuters) - Kevin Kelly is hitting his anti-vax workers where it may hurt them most: their paychecks. On Sept. 1, when regular raises go through for the 250 workers a...
Jul 23, 2021
Exclusive-‘QAnon Shaman’ in plea negotiations after mental health diagnosis -lawyer
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The participant in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots nicknamed the "QAnon Shaman" is negotiating a possible plea deal with prosecutors, after prison psychologists ...
Jul 23, 2021
From ‘congratulations’ to ‘fully canceled’: California cafe owners hit roadblock
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - After more than a year of heavy losses at their two cafes in the San Francisco Bay Area, Amy and Chris Hillyard were relieved to get word in May that they'd been approved for...
Jul 23, 2021
Threats rattle Pennsylvania county targeted in election audit
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - One of the Pennsylvania counties targeted in a Republican lawmaker's "forensic investigation" into the 2020 election has beefed up security around its courthouse following ...
Jul 22, 2021
New U.S. Capitol Police chief named after Jan. 6 riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A retired Maryland county law enforcement official has been named chief of the U.S. Capitol Police, filling a vacancy created when his predecessor resigned over the Jan. 6 storm...
Jul 22, 2021
Thousands descend on UK music festival amid rise in COVID cases
By Natalie Thomas HENHAM PARK, England (Reuters) - Thousands of people poured into the grounds of the Latitude music festival in eastern England on Thursday, one of the biggest gatherings since most c...
Jul 22, 2021
The American pandemic day: More kids. More TV. More Z’s. More time alone
By Howard Schneider and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Americans watched more TV last year, played more computer games, thought and read a bit more, caught up on a little sleep and on average spent an ext...
Jul 22, 2021
U.S. Senate panel hears from Chubb, others on insuring pandemic risk
By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey business owner Adenah Bayoh told a U.S. Senate committee hearing on Wednesday she paid about $275,000 a year to insure her group of restaurants, only to ...
Jul 22, 2021
Health officials: Delta variant widespread, but vaccinations work
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department Thursday held a news briefing on COVID-19 in the tri-county area for the first time since ending the regular meetings. Among the topics of...
Jul 22, 2021
About 100 CIA officers, family members afflicted by ‘Havana Syndrome’ -CIA chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 100 CIA officers and family members are among some 200 U.S. officials and kin sickened by "Havana syndrome," CIA Director William Burns said on Thursday, referring to the ...
Jul 22, 2021
