Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden budget drops Hyde Amendment to allow public funding of abortion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's proposed 2022 budget omits a ban on federal funding for most abortions that has been part of government spending bills for decades. The budget, releas...
May 28, 2021
Anti-abortion protesters in New York win court ruling
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court has thrown out its recent decision allowing New York's attorney general to block anti-abortion protesters from trying to keep women awa...
May 28, 2021
U.S. Post Office plans to raise stamp price to 58 cents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service said on Friday it plans to raise the price of a first-class postage stamp to 58 cents, from 55 cents, to offset falling revenues as volumes drop. In the ...
May 28, 2021
Mexican farmworker found guilty of murdering Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts
By Peter Szekely (Reuters) - A Mexican farmworker was found guilty on Friday of murdering an Iowa college student three years ago, who prosecutors said enraged him by rejecting his advances. The case ...
May 28, 2021
FAA tells U.S. passenger carriers to use ‘extreme caution’ flying over Belarus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Friday it was urging U.S. passenger airlines to exercise extreme caution while flying over Belarus. The FAA notice did not recomme...
May 28, 2021
Peoria TikToker attracts new residents to area
PEORIA, Ill. — A Peoria TikToker, Angie Ostaszewski, has been promoting and showing affordable homes in the area since late last year on her page, @angieslistings. All of Ostaszewski’s vid...
May 28, 2021
U.S. Justice Breyer touts compromise, democracy, adherence to precedent
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - Justice Stephen Breyer on Friday spoke of the need for the U.S. Supreme Court to respect its own precedents, talked up democracy and touted bipartisan collaboration in Cong...
May 28, 2021
Concert event commemorating Tulsa race massacre canceled
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) - Organizers have canceled plans for an afternoon of speeches and performances commemorating the centennial on Monday of the Tulsa massacre that decimated the city's affluent Af...
May 28, 2021
California rail yard gunman faced discipline over racist remarks -local media
(Reuters) - The transit employee who fatally shot nine colleagues at a rail yard in San Jose, California, on Wednesday was due to attend a disciplinary hearing on the day of the attack over complaints...
May 28, 2021
State COVID roundup 5/28: case count back under 1k
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A total of 982 people throughout Illinois between Thursday and Friday tested positive for the coronavirus, while 21 died from it. The Illinois Department of Public Health sai...
May 28, 2021
