Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Get vaccinated, win cash as California offers $116.5 million in prizes
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California will offer $116.5 million in cash and gift cards to residents who get COVID-19 vaccinations before June 15, the latest - and most lucrativ...
May 27, 2021
U.S. Attorney General Garland expands resources to combat hate crimes
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday directed the Justice Department to expand funding and other resources to states and municipalities to help tr...
May 27, 2021
N.Y. Long Island Power Authority looking for possible new operator
(Reuters) - The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) will hold a second public meeting on Thursday as part of its effort to find a new operator for its New York power system that is overseen by PSEG Lon...
May 27, 2021
Bill Cosby’s petition for parole denied after he refuses therapy
By David DeKok HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - The Pennsylvania Parole Board has turned down comedian Bill Cosby's petition to be released from a 10-year prison sentence for aggravated indecent assault, c...
May 27, 2021
Next Morton Supt. picked
MORTON, Ill. — Just two days after announcing Superintendent Jeff Hill would be retiring at the end of the 2021-2022 school year, Morton District 709 announced who will fill Hill’s shoes. ...
May 27, 2021
As Tulsa commemorates massacre, African Americans hope for justice amid shifting tide
By Makini Brice TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) - Once a week, every week, Rev. Robert Turner leaves his Vernon AME Church to march the mile to City Hall. Turner has been marching for years to demand reparatio...
May 27, 2021
U.S. chip subsidy effort faces pushback over China issues
By Stephen Nellis, David Shepardson and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A series of amendments for a $190 billion U.S. Senate bill aimed at countering China's technology challenge are in limbo ...
May 27, 2021
A motorcyclist, a 'jack-of-all-trades': the victims of California railyard massacre
(Reuters) - To his friends, Lars Kepler Lane - also known as "Keppy" - was a laid back, ordinary guy who liked to spend time with family and take on projects outside his work at the Valley Transportat...
May 27, 2021
State COVID roundup 5/27: Fewer than 900 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Thursday reported 891 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 42 additional deaths. More than 63,000 doses of COVID-19 va...
May 27, 2021
U.S. urges change in fishing practices to save endangered whales
(Reuters) - U.S. commercial fishing practices must change to prevent the extinction of North Atlantic right whales, the administration of President Joe Biden said on Thursday, as it prepares a list of...
May 27, 2021
