Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Flying off the shelves: Chocolate-covered cicadas a hit in Maryland
BETHESDA, Md. (Reuters) - Some might cringe, but at one Maryland chocolate shop, 17-year-old insects are flying off the shelves. Sarah Dwyer, of Chouquette Chocolates in Bethseda, started coating cica...
Jun 08, 2021
U.S. administers 303.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States had administered 303,923,667 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and distributed 372,100,285 doses in the country as of Tuesday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and P...
Jun 08, 2021
Local COVID roundup 6/8: Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford each record 1 death
PEORIA, Ill. — Each of the three counties comprising the Peoria City/County Health Department’s reporting area between Monday and Tuesday recorded a COVID-19-related death. In Peoria Count...
Jun 08, 2021
U.S. VP Harris says she ‘will go again’ to U.S. southern border
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Tuesday she will again visit the U.S. border with Mexico, after criticism from Republican lawmakers for not prioritizing the shared fr...
Jun 08, 2021
U.S. accuses man of fraud for posing as Trump family members
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania man who impersonated Donald Trump's teenage son and other members of the former president's family, and claimed to have once fooled Trump himsel...
Jun 08, 2021
U.S. investigates disclosure of tax records on rich Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury Department has asked law enforcement authorities to investigate the disclosure of tax records cited in a media report that showed that some of America's richest peo...
Jun 08, 2021
US forming expert groups on safely lifting global travel restrictions
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration is forming expert working groups with Canada, Mexico, the European Union and the United Kingdom to determine how best to safely resta...
Jun 08, 2021
Ohio sues to have Google declared a public utility
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ohio asked a court on Tuesday to declare Alphabet's Google a public utility, a step the state's Republican attorney general said would forbid the search and adver...
Jun 08, 2021
State COVID roundup 6/8: another count under 800
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — In total, 365 Illinoisans between Monday and Tuesday tested positive for coronavirus. 11 died from related complications. 791 people as of Monday night were in hospital beds ...
Jun 08, 2021
Analysis-U.S. defending presidency, not trying to ‘save Trump,’ in recent legal moves
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's Justice Department aimed to shield the presidency, not Donald Trump, with its latest action in a defamation case brought by a woman who accuse...
Jun 08, 2021
