Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Yellen to extend extraordinary debt management measures through Dec 3
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told congressional leaders on Monday that she will extend extraordinary cash management measures to stay under the federal debt limit throug...
Oct 18, 2021
Three people dead after Jamaica police raid cult compound on fear of ‘ritualized killings’
By Kate Chappell KINGSTON (Reuters) - Three people were left dead and three hospitalized after Jamaican police raided the compound of a small religious organization due to concerns the group was prepa...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. bill would stop Big Tech favoring its own products
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About a dozen U.S. senators from both parties on Monday formally introduced a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon and Alphabet's Google, from favo...
Oct 18, 2021
Washington, D.C, subway reduced service to continue at least through Sunday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington, D.C.-area subway will operate at reduced service through at least Sunday after it was ordered to not use nearly 60% of its rail fleet earlier on Monday, the Wash...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. Senate set to hold test vote Wednesday on election reforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is likely to take a procedural vote on whether to debate a major overhaul of federal election law on Wednesday, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday as h...
Oct 18, 2021
Canada’s Trudeau visits First Nations community after snubbing indigenous leader’s invitation
By Anna Mehler Paperny (Reuters) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday visited the Tk'emlps te Secwepemc community and the unmarked burial sites of indigenous children after snubbing the First Nat...
Oct 18, 2021
Negotiations on $3.5 trillion U.S. investment bill making progress -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiators to a massive U.S. bill that would invest up to $3.5 trillion to expand social programs and attack climate change have made progress in recent days but have not yet b...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. administers 408.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 408,797,942 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Monday morning and distributed 494,655,075 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Oct 18, 2021
Earlier breast cancer screening would narrow mortality gap for Black women, U.S. study finds
(Reuters) - Racial disparities in breast cancer survival in the United States could be cut by more than half if Black women got mammograms every other year starting at age 40, according to findings fr...
Oct 18, 2021
Ecuadorean indigenous communities sue to halt oil development
QUITO (Reuters) - Indigenous communities from Ecuador's Amazon on Monday sued the government to halt plans by President Guillermo Lasso to increase oil development in the country, calling the expansio...
Oct 18, 2021
