Author Archives: Syndicated Content
In Cannes, ‘Basic Instinct’ filmmaker decries puritanism about sex
CANNES, France (Reuters) - "Basic Instinct" director Paul Verhoeven, fresh from presenting sexually-charged church satire "Benedetta" in Cannes, said on Saturday he was stunned by what he called incre...
Jul 10, 2021
Texas lawmakers to consider sweeping voting restrictions
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - Texas lawmakers will consider new voting restrictions on Saturday as part of a special legislative session called by Republican Governor Greg Abbott after Democrats blocked ...
Jul 10, 2021
U.S.’s Yellen says will try to address concerns of tax deal holdout countries
VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Saturday that she would work to try to address the concerns of holdout countries that have not signed onto a global corporate tax...
Jul 10, 2021
Charlottesville to remove Confederate statue at center of deadly 2017 protest
(Reuters) - The city of Charlottesville, Virginia, will remove two Confederate statues on Saturday morning, nearly four years after white supremacist protests over plans to remove one of them led to c...
Jul 10, 2021
Wreckage located of Boeing cargo jet that made emergency landing off Hawaii
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investigators have located a Boeing 737-200 cargo jet that made an emergency water landing off the Hawaiian island of Oahu in the Pacific Ocean on July 2, th...
Jul 09, 2021
FTC extends probe of Amazon, MGM deal – source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amazon.com's deal to buy movie studio MGM for $8.5 billion is headed for an extended probe by the Federal Trade Commission, after a source familiar with the matter said on Frida...
Jul 09, 2021
Biden fires Trump-nominated Social Security commissioner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul, a holdover from the Trump administration, but Saul told the Washington Post he plans to be at w...
Jul 09, 2021
After hottest June ever, U.S. braces for new heatwave in West
(Reuters) - Western states are bracing for more scorching weather this weekend after the hottest month of June on record in the United States killed scores of people, strained electric grids and deple...
Jul 09, 2021
Illinois becomes first U.S. state to require Asian-American history in schools
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill on Friday requiring public schools to teach Asian-American history, the first such step by a U.S. state amid rising concerns a...
Jul 09, 2021
U.S. administers nearly 333 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States had administered 332,966,409 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 386,058,070 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Jul 09, 2021
