Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Senate Budget panel Democrats reach agreement on $3.5 trillion infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee reached an agreement on a $3.5 trillion infrastructure investment plan that they aim to include in a budget resolution to be debate...
Jul 13, 2021
Demonstrators block traffic in Miami area to support Cuban protesters
MIAMI (Reuters) - Demonstrators waving Cuban flags and calling for change on the Communist-run island blocked a major highway and staged other protests in the Miami area on Tuesday in support of the w...
Jul 13, 2021
In setback to Trump ally, Pennsylvania county will not comply with vote probe
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - One of the three Pennsylvania counties asked to provide access to voting machines for a Republican lawmaker's probe of the 2020 election has decided it cannot comply due to...
Jul 13, 2021
Accident on Knoxville shuts down southbound traffic near War Memorial
PEORIA, Ill. — A rollover accident on southbound Knoxville Ave. shut down traffic on the street just before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. The accident reportedly happened during a police pursuit, according...
Jul 13, 2021
U.S. charges Iranian nationals with kidnapping
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four Iranian nationals were charged in an indictment unsealed in a New York court on Tuesday with conspiring to kidnap a U.S.-based journalist, the U.S. Justice Department said ...
Jul 13, 2021
U.S. Senate Democrats rush to outline massive infrastructure bill
By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House officials were scheduled to huddle with Democratic senators later on Tuesday to try to set the outlines of a potentially multitri...
Jul 13, 2021
Biden nominates ex-Senator Flake as ambassador to Turkey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated Republican former U.S. Senator Jeff Flake as ambassador to Turkey. "Given the strategic importance of the United States' relationship wi...
Jul 13, 2021
Biden to nominate surgeon, author Atul Gawande to senior job at USAID
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will nominate writer, surgeon and public health expert Atul Gawande to a senior global health role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, a Wh...
Jul 13, 2021
Biden to nominate House aide Trumka to serve on consumer safety commission -source
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to nominate a House aide who has worked extensively on oversight and consumer issues to the Consumer Product Safety Commission...
Jul 13, 2021
Britney Spears documentary, Harry and Meghan interview land Emmy nods
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Framing Britney Spears," a documentary that sparked new interest in the pop star's conservatorship, and Oprah Winfrey's explosive interview with Prince Harry ...
Jul 13, 2021
