Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: U.S. to evacuate ‘significant number’ of employees from embassy in Kabul -officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department is expected to announce an evacuation of a "significant" number of employees from its embassy in Kabul as the Taliban make rapid gains in Afghanistan, two U...
Aug 12, 2021
Tigers Outfielders Baddoo, Hill Sidelined
BALTIMORE, MD (WKZO-AM/FM) – Tigers outfielders Akil Baddoo and Derek Hill are out of the lineup for the next few games. The pair collided with each other during Detroit’s game in Baltimor...
Aug 12, 2021
Lions continue training camp ahead of preseason opener
ALLEN PARK, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) – The Lions held a walkthrough yesterday as training camp continues in Allen Park. Tight end T.J. Hockenson and defensive end Da’Shawn Hand both left practice e...
Aug 12, 2021
FDA working to allow boosters for vulnerable people: CDC director
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working with vaccine makers Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc to allow certain vulnerable people to receive a third booster shot of their COVID-19 vaccine...
Aug 12, 2021
State Education Board says individual school districts should make mask decisions
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The State Board of Education has weighed in on the topic of masks in schools. Board members voted Wednesday to allow individual school districts to make "scientifically...
Aug 12, 2021
Nicaragua paper says it can no longer do print editions, blames government
(Reuters) - La Prensa, Nicaragua's only print newspaper, said on Thursday that it would no longer issue a print edition, complaining that the administration of President Daniel Ortega was withholding ...
Aug 12, 2021
U.S. ships more than 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will ship just over 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Iraq on Thursday, with the shots due to arrive in the Middle Eastern country on Saturday, a White House...
Aug 12, 2021
DeVos Children’s Hospital employee posts anti-vaccine videos; Spectrum investigating
GRAND RAPIDS MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Spectrum Health says it is investigating anti-vaccine video postings by an employee at DeVos Children's Hospital. The story, first reported by WOOD TV8, indicated ...
Aug 12, 2021
One month after Cuba protests, hundreds remain behind bars
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Hundreds of people, including dozens of dissident artists and opposition activists, remain detained in Communist-run Cuba a month after unprecedented anti-government ...
Aug 12, 2021
UnitedHealth settles charges it denied mental health, substance abuse coverage
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group Inc, the largest U.S. health insurer, has settled federal and New York state charges it illegally denied coverage to thousands of patients s...
Aug 12, 2021
