Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Many Americans embrace falsehoods about critical race theory
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Critical race theory, a once-obscure academic concept that has sparked school board protests and classroom bans in some states, is largely misunderstood among the ge...
Jul 15, 2021
EU executive to take legal steps against Poland, Hungary over LGBT rights -source
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union executive will announce a fresh legal case against Hungary on Thursday over LGBT discrimination and also take steps over regions in Poland which have declared t...
Jul 15, 2021
U.S. Senate passes bill to ban all products from China’s Xinjiang
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Wednesday to ban the import of products from China's Xinjiang region, the latest effort in Washington to punish Beijing ...
Jul 14, 2021
Federal lawsuit filed by family of Andrew Brown, who was killed by North Carolina police
(Reuters) - Family members of Andrew Brown, a Black man whose death by a police bullet touched off a string of protests earlier this year, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a North Carolina...
Jul 14, 2021
‘They’re baaaaack’: Two dozen goats eat their way through New York park
By Roselle Chen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two dozen goats from a farm in a bucolic part of New York state are on a city outing - let loose in Manhattan's Riverside Park on Wednesday to munch on invasive we...
Jul 14, 2021
Britney Spears wins right to choose own lawyer in conservatorship case -NY Times
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Britney Spears on Wednesday got a lawyer of her choice to help her end the 13-year-long conservatorship that controls her personal and business affairs, The New York Times repo...
Jul 14, 2021
Idaho man who sat in Pence’s chair pleads guilty to Capitol riot charge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Idaho man who sat in then-Vice President Mike Pence's chair during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a criminal charge of obstructing an of...
Jul 14, 2021
Gov. Pritzker announces next round of rental assistance
CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker Wednesday announced the next round of rental assistance with the eviction moratorium set to end on August 31. Pritzker encouraged renters and landlords to apply for $5...
Jul 14, 2021
U.S. House select committee announces first hearing to probe Jan. 6 attack
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The special congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it would hold i...
Jul 14, 2021
Britain’s Duchess Meghan developing new animated family series for Netflix
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Britain's Duchess Meghan has created a new animated family series for streaming platform Netflix that she will also executive produce, her production company said on Wednesday. ...
Jul 14, 2021
