Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Escaping the crowds: Croatia yacht holidays in demand once again
KASTEL GOMILICA, Croatia (Reuters) - Sailing holidays may well be one of the best ways to avoid any crowds this summer and Croatian yacht charter companies say they have seen a strong increase in book...
Jun 01, 2021
U.S. cities hire specialists to counter climate change as impacts worsen
By Ned Parker NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tucson hired a forester. Miami named a heat officer. And Los Angeles appointed a climate emergency mobilization director. Across the United States, cities have launc...
Jun 01, 2021
State lawmakers pass Illinois’ $42 billion budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — State lawmakers approved a more than $42 billion Illinois state budget for the new fiscal year late Monday night. The budget passed the Illinois House and Senate along party ...
Jun 01, 2021
Cruise urges Biden to back autonomous vehicle deployment boost
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cruise LLC, the autonomous vehicle (AV) company majority-owned by General Motors Co, has urged President Joe Biden to back efforts to speed thousands of self...
Jun 01, 2021
Native American tribes revive horse heritage with bareback races in Oklahoma
By Stephanie Keith PAWHUSKA, Okla. (Reuters) - Native American tribes from the United States and Canada converged on Oklahoma for the Indian Relay Horse Race this weekend, helping to revive horse heri...
Jun 01, 2021
‘Big risk’: California farmers hit by drought change planting plans
By Norma Galeana and Christopher Walljasper FIREBAUGH, Calif. (Reuters) - Joe Del Bosque is leaving a third of his 2,000-acre farm near Firebaugh, California, unseeded this year due to extreme drought...
Jun 01, 2021
Major rulings including Obamacare loom for U.S. Supreme Court
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court heads into the last month of its current term with several major cases yet to be decided including a Republican bid to invalidate the O...
Jun 01, 2021
Biden eyes grants, federal purchasing to narrow racial wealth, home ownership gaps
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will announce steps on Tuesday to narrow the large and persistent racial wealth gap that divides Black, Latino and white Americans, although...
Jun 01, 2021
Biden to visit Tulsa massacre site as U.S. confronts racial legacy
By Jeff Mason and Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden on Tuesday will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit the site of the massacre of hundreds of Black Americans by a white m...
Jun 01, 2021
After tough Bolshoi training, British ballerina sets eyes on world stage
By Tatiana Gomozova and Lev Sergeev MOSCOW (Reuters) - Rachel Armstrong will take a leap towards her dream of becoming one of the world's top ballet dancers when she graduates from Russia's renowned B...
Jun 01, 2021
